Son‚ alluding to the importance of strong communist ties. However his father was a poet‚ considered a dissident by government officials. Fortunately a Russian pianist discovered him and in 1977 urged the Vietnamese government to let Son study at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Russia. “I was very lucky”‚ he said. At this point‚ Son appologized for his heavily accented English. “I learned English in Russia”‚ he explained‚ adding that taking English lessons had to be a clandestine act‚ since
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granted in 1506 by Prince Feodor Jaroslawicz to Josko Meirowicz‚ Pesaḥ Ezofowicz‚ and Abraham Ryzykiewicz. Meirowicz‚ Ezofowicz‚ and Ryzykiewicz lead a returning group of fifteen Jewish families expelled in 1495 along with the rest of the Jews of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (a state from the 13th century to 1795). The charter promised
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Abel Girma IB History Mr Greenough March 2013 “An unnatural alliance that was bound to fall apart after the defeat of the common enemy.” To what extent does this statement explain the origin of the Cold War? World War II ended in May 1945 when the Allied troops met in Berlin‚ marking the defeat of the Nazi government. The US and USSR cooperated during the war to defeat the Axis although each had prewar tensions and differing ideologies which were reflected by disagreements over plans for post-War
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Indigo Golub Per. 3 During 13th century‚ the Mongols ruled both China‚ and Russia. The Mongols had similar and different political and economic effects on these regions. For example‚ the Khans chose a Russian ruler to take the position as Grand Prince and gave them the authority over other rulers. In contrast‚ the Mongols gave native Chinese no power within their government‚ but in fact they brought in Arabs‚ Europeans‚ and Persians to help them rule. In addition‚ during the Yuan Dynasty circa
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Cultural differences A comparison of Russia and Japan Kristina Aksakova Exchange student Virrat‚ 2011 [pic][pic] Table of contents General information about Russia and Japan 4 Japan 4 Background 4 Tsunami Devastates Japan 5 History 6 Geographical facts 8 Demographical facts 9 Economic facts 11 FOREIGN RELATIONS 13 Governmental facts 15 Infrastructural facts 16 Russia 18 Background 18 History 18 Geographical facts
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Sovietisation of Eastern Europe 1945-1968 World war two saw a grand alliance of Britain‚ America and Russia created in order to defeat their common enemy‚ Adolf Hitler. In pursuit of this goal they attended a number of conferences to plan their attacks and to decide on the future of post war Europe. At Teheran in 1943 Churchill voiced concerns about the post-war situation in Eastern Europe‚ he was afraid that victory over the Nazis would leave the USSR in control of Eastern Europe. To prevent this
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was also the Chairman of the United Russia political party. For sixteen years Putin served as an officer in the KGB‚ rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before he retired to enter politics in his native Saint Petersburg in 1991. He moved to Moscow in 1996 and joined President Boris Yeltsin’s administration where he rose quickly‚ becoming Acting President on 31 December 1999 when Yeltsin resigned unexpectedly. Putin won the subsequent 2000 presidential election and was re-elected in 2004. Because
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Nokia Corporation[3] (Finnish: Nokia Oyj‚ Swedish: Nokia Abp; Finnish pronunciation: [ˈnokiɑ]‚ English /ˈnɒkiə/) (OMX: NOK1V‚ NYSE: NOK) is aFinnish multinational communications and information technology corporation headquartered in Keilaniemi‚ Espoo‚ Finland.[4] Its principal products are mobile telephones and portable IT devices. It also offers Internet services including applications‚ games‚ music‚ media and messaging‚ and free-of-charge digital map information and navigation services through
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INTRODUCTION The battleship Bismarck was named in honour of Otto Fürst von Bismarck‚ the architect of German unification and the arbiter of European politics during the second half of the 19th century. Bismarck‚ also known as the "Iron Chancellor"‚ was the founder and first chancellor of the German Empire‚ and through his diplomatic skills‚ he managed to maintain the peace in Europe for a generation. EARLY LIFE AND CAREER Otto von Bismarck was born on 1 April 1815 at Schönhausen in Brandenburg
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in particular dominated the Romantic movement in Germany. Piano is the most important instrument of the Rmoantic Period Frederic Chopin Frédéric Chopin was born Fyderyk Franciszek Szopen on March 1‚ 1810‚ in the small village of ? elazowa Wola‚ Duchy of Warsaw (now Poland). Works and Ideals The Chopin nocturnes constitute 21 short pieces for solo piano written by Frédéric Chopin between 1827 and 1846. They are generally considered among the finest short solo works for the instrument and hold
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