Joseph Stalin is an incredibly important figure in the history of Russia. During his reign of terror‚ Russia developed into a formidable world power. As he worked to modernize Russia‚ his use of violence against the people led to an impressive death toll. Despite this‚ Stalin’s carefully maintained public image made him beloved amongst many of his people. Before Stalin’s rise to power‚ Russia was not industrialized and was based mostly on peasant farmers. Stalin realized the need to Russia’s industry
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Demography I would like to talk about the high mortality rate in Russia. In 2011 the death rate was 13.5 deaths out of 1000 people. The birth rate is 12.6births out of 1000 people. But the major problem is not the aging population but the cause of death in 2010. 56% of all deaths in Russia were caused by cardiovascular diseases. As you know red bull has been blamed for its bad effects on cardiovascular system (it increases heart rhythm troubles‚ blood pressure‚ tachycardia…). So it could be a
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Events of WWII (Grade 10 History – Melessanakis 2012) Individually make sure you take more notes (as needed)!!! Hitler invades Russia Who – Germany and Russia When – June 22‚ 1941 What – During the Battle of Britain‚ Hitler decided to attack Russia. Russia countered the Germans using the “Scorched Earth” policy and destroyed everything that could be useful to the Germans. Where – Western Russia‚ along a 1609 km front‚ 39 km from the capital city of Moscow Why – Hitler wanted the large amounts
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industrialisation radically changed to push for a far more rapid policy‚ the first ’faze’ of which was Collectivisation. Introduced in 1929‚ Collectivisation was the swift process employed by Stalin to gather all the smallholdings of pre-Industrial Russia into large grouped (or collective) farms‚ controlled by the government as opposed to the peasants. The aim of this was to swiftly increase agricultural output‚ the revenue from which (if traded internationally) could be used to kick-start industrialisation
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in their Communist Manifesto finalized the philosophy of Communism. ("Communism‚" Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia) <br><br>In the beginning‚ people in Russia thought of Communism as a utopian ideal. (Funk & Wagnall’s) The elimination of social classes‚ and guaranteed employment sounded outstanding to the people who lived in Russia. Communism did call for a role of socialist dictatorship to help control any form of protest. Through persuasive tactics this new government seized power and in
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WHY THE RUSSIA WANTED TO JOIN THE WWII Do you know that the WWII? It is one of the biggest war in the world. In this war‚ there are many different kinds of aspects like economies ‚ industry ‚agriculture and so on inside it. So there will be many problems about the cruel war. My question is that why the Russia joined the WWII. In this war‚ what happen about the Russia? Someone think that Russia should not join the WWII. If they did not join the WWII ‚ maybe they will not have so much injuries and
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The Mongols had one of the largest land empires in history‚ though this did not come easily to them. To be able to control the amount of land they did‚ they had to conquer many places like China and Russia and did so using a strong and well trained army along with many allies‚ and good tactics. The Mongols had a large influence on both the political and economic systems of Russia and China for a period of time‚ though in Russia‚ the Mongols ruled from afar and the original rulers still had control
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Napoleon’s invasion of Russia In June of 1812‚ Napoleon began his deadly Russian campaign‚ a landmark in the history of the caustic potential of warfare. All mainland Europe was under his control‚ and the invasion of Russia was an effort to force Tsar Alexander planned once again to the terms of a treaty that Napoleon had enforced upon him four years earlier. Having collected nearly half a million soldiers‚ from France as well as all of the states of Europe‚ Napoleon entered Russia at the lead of the
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I find Professor Parker’s essay very helpful and illuminating. Napo- leon’s decision to invade Russia against the almost unanimous advice of his closest counsellors presents an intriguing and important puzzle to which Parker provides a persuasive psychological explanation. Finding much in the essay to agree with and little to criticize nor- mally poses a problem for a commentator‚ but Professor Parker has invited me to range freely in my comments. I will take advantage of this freedom
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History notes CHAPTER 26 - WORLD WAR 1 SECTION 1 THE GREAT WAR BEGINS 1. Europe had been at peace for 100 years 2. Europe leaders became worried about a region called the Balkans 3. Most people in the Balkans are Slavic 4. “Triple alliance” was formed to protect each other from attack a) Germany b) Austria-hungry c) Italy d) Ottoman empire joins later 5. Triple Entente was formed as a response to the triple alliance a) great Britain b) France c) Russia 6. Great Britain is
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