victory over the army of the Czar. Napoleon had immense resources at his disposal. His influence collected men and materiel from across Europe‚ including France‚ Belgium‚ Holland‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ Prus-sia‚ Austria‚ Denmark‚ Switzerland‚ and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. Although sources differ‚ Connelly declares that‚ "by June 1812‚ Napoleon had a field army of 611‚000 men with 2000 guns and 250‚000 horses." To defeat the Czar‚ Napoleon intended
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After Yelena Glinkaya died in 1538 the misrule continued after that. Ivan was crowned in 1547‚ but not as grand duke but as a tsar. In the same year he married Anastasia Romonov. Anastasia died on 1560‚ and Ivan remarried many times. Ivan died March 18‚1584. Ivan IV made many positive attributes. From the year 1547-1560 are considered to be the really productive
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was a part of the Kingdom of Sweden. Then‚ in 1809 it became a Grand Duchy under Russian rule‚ and finally‚ after periods of both greater and lesser degrees of independence‚ it becoming an independent country in 1917. Finland initially joined Sweden in the 13th century and then remained under Swedish control for about 600 years. Then‚ in the Finnish War of 1809‚ Russia captured Finland‚ which lead to Finland becoming a Grand Duchy in the Russian empire. During Russian control‚ there was an initial
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telecommunications corporation. For other uses‚ see Nokia (disambiguation) Type Julkinen osakeyhtiö (Public company) Traded as OMX: NOK1V NYSE: NOK Industry Telecommunications equipment Internet Computer software Founded Tampere‚ Grand Duchy of Finland(1865) incorporated in Nokia (1871) Founder(s) Fredrik Idestam Leo Mechelin Fredrik Idestam‚ co-founder of Nokia. Leo Mechelin‚ co-founder of Nokia. The predecessors of the modern Nokia were the Nokia Company (Nokia Aktiebolag)
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shifted borders between Poland and Germany. During his 37-year reign a university was established‚ laws were made more organized‚ castles grew strong‚ and minority groups were given protection (Grolier). The Polish nobility selected Jagello as grand duke of Lithuania in 1836‚ to rule by arranging his marriage to the Polish Princess Jadwiga. The initial personal union with Lithuania was formalized only 200 years later by the Union of Lublin in 1569 and it produced a state that extended from the
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Throughout history Russia has went through many invasions‚ reforms‚ and led under the worst leaders imaginable‚ but has seen great rulers such as Peter I. Through many reforms‚ modernizations‚ and increased education‚ The Russian Empire developed into a stronger European State than it once had been. Russia was broken down to nothing and built back up stronger becoming a power in Eastern Europe. Russia’s development from the Mongol conquest to Peter I was much different from the 13th century to the
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Adolf Spiess By: Dijon Cordova Adolf Spiess was born February 3‚ 1810‚ in Lauterbach‚ Hesse‚ and died May 9‚ 1858. But before he died he was a German gymnast and educator‚ which he contributed to the development of school gymnastics for children of both sexes in Switzerland and Germany. Growing up Adolf lived with his father Johann Spiess‚ whom was a farmer and master smith‚ but had first prepared himself for a position as teacher in the elementary schools‚ but after some years of professional
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Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia Ivan III- He was a Grand Prince of Moscow‚ also referred to as the “gatherer of the Russian lands”. Boyars- They originally obtained influence and government posts through their military support of the Kievan princes. Romanov Dynasty- Rulers of Russia from 1613 to 1917. The name derived from Roman Yurev. Peter I the Great- Peter the Great was born in 1672 and he died in 1725. Peter was tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1725. His self-given title was Peter the Great
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Next up‚ who are the Russians and the people that inhabit Moscow? The land we know today as Russia began with native inhabitants known as the Slavic People. The term Slav or Slavic would later create the term in the western hemisphere‚ ‘slave.’ The Slavic people were enslaved by Scandinavian settlers known as the Vikings. The enslavement of the Slavs‚ created the western term of slave. The Vikings arrived in Russia via the Volga River basin. They came mainly from frozen Sweden‚ seeking better lands
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Unit 5 Portfolio Liseia Woodard 11th Grade class Teacher: Mrs. O’Neil 01/05/2013 SUBJECT: Napoleon Bonaparte Years of rule: 1799-1815 Area of control: Spain to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw Religions practiced in empire: Catholicism and Protestantism During Napoleon’s reign as Emperor of the French Empire he made laws‚ or a set of codes‚ that applied to all of France. He enacted laws that protected the people‚ promoted religious tolerance and took away the serfdom and feudalism systems
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