Stalin ruled the Soviet Union as a virtual dictator between 1928 and 1954. During the first ten years of his rule Stalin introduced dramatic change to the Soviet Union in the areas of industrialisation‚ agriculture‚ culture and education. While there were some benefits for both the nation and the people with respect to the consequences of his policies on industrialisation and education‚ the impact of his policies regarding agriculture‚ and culture was overwhelmingly damaging to the Russian people‚ and
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the Eighth were very significant because it gave us the freedom and diversity that we now have today. These changes were equally significant‚ but it in different ways. Some of the changes that were made were short-term‚ therefore mainly affected the daily lives of people living at the time. Other changes that were made under Henry the Eighth’s rein were long-term‚ and still have an impact on our daily lives today. The religious changes made during the rein of Henry the Eighth were very significant
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exams‚ although Stalin later claimed that his expulsion was caused by his growing interest in Marxism. At this time‚ the Bolsheviks were launching a revolution in an effort to remove the reigning Tsar and abolish
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who would succeed him to lead the USSR. There are a number of reasons to why this occurred but there are still disputes about who Lenin wanted to succeed him and why he didn’t leave someone who he thought would be best for the job in charge of his beloved USSR. Despite Lenin having preferences‚ nobody was aware of these preferences due to his testament not being publically shown – nevertheless‚ Lenin’s testament left no clear indication of whom he wanted to take over his reign. In his testament
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Daryl K. Cirino July 11‚ 2010 English 101-108 How to Succeed in (or flunk out of) College Everyone has hopes and dreams to succeed in college‚ but things don’t go as plan all the time. As a result it can cause you not reach your highest potential. It’s hard for some to make the transition from High School to College because having complete freedom to do whatever you like can be a task within itself. For example deciding when and how long you stay in a particular class and things of that nature
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Joseph Stalin’s impact was immense (when compared to that of Vladimir Lenin) in Russian history. This is due to the variety of policies‚ events‚ and actions that took place during his time in power. But alas‚ the impacts of Mr. Stalin and not all positive‚ there are many negative impacts as well. Stalin was an idol and a god-like figure to some Russians after he gained power and became the leader of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and during his reign he was able to have a large
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Debate: Lenin‚ Tyrant or Savior? The debate is still going on between high profile historians as to whether or not Lenin was a Tyrant or a Savior. It is hard to just take one side‚ as it is not clear cut. To understand better why it is so hard to put Lenin under one of theses profiles‚ I will study the arguments as to why he was a Tyrant. Then I will go over the arguments which support the idea that Lenin was in fact a Savior. I will then be able to take an opinion. Lenin was very interested
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The Contender is a story written by Robert Lipsyte‚ the story is about a boy named Alfred who is a highschool dropout with a dead-end job. Alfred wants to make something of himself and decides to do boxing because he feels that he might enjoy it. Alfred starts going to Donatelli’s gym and Aunt Pearl finds out about this. Aunt Pearl addresses her concerns and Alfred defends his career choice by saying that Mr. Donatelli cares about the people he trains. Aunt pearl respects his career choice but wishes
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SUCCESSES FAILURES The improvements in production between 1928 and 1937 were phenomenal: Coal - from 36 million tonnes to 130 million tonnes. Iron - from 3 million tonnes to 15 million tonnes. Oil - from 2 million tonnes to 29 million tonnes. Electricity - from 5‚000 million to 36‚000 million kilowatts. Poorly organised – inefficiency‚ duplication of effort and waste. The Soviet Union gave opportunities to women - crèches were set up so they could also work. Women became doctors and scientists‚ as
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The Contender by Robert Lipsyte‚ the author uses setting‚ conflict and plot. The first part of the theme is setting. Setting helps develops the place of how poor Alfred’s neighborhood is. The Contender is a book about a boy trying to become a boxer but has many troubles with friends and family telling him he shouldn’t and couldn’t become a boxer. So we can make a connection that one main place is going to be a Mr.Donatelli’s(the boxing coach) gym. He will be also in the boxing ring for his first
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