Vladimir Lenin was an outstanding figure of significance during the Russian Revolution. Under his strong leadership and with the help of his loyal followers‚ Lenin enabled the Bolsheviks to come into power‚ overturning the Provisional Government in the second revolution of the year. This has long been regarded as an important factor that contributed to this seizing of power. However‚ it is not the sole reason‚ nor is it the most important one‚ with two others being the incompetence of the Provisional
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Determinants of Personality Following are the factors which help in shaping one’s personality: 1. Heredity - Heredity refers to factors that are determined once an individual is born. An individual’s physique‚ attractiveness‚ body type‚ complexion‚ body weight depend on his/her parents biological makeup. 2. Environment - The environment to which an individual is subjected to during his growing years plays an important role in determining his/her personality. The varied cultures in which we are
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will be added shortlyWilliam Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew (ca. 1593) centered around the stormy courtship between the fortune-hunting Petruchio and Katherine‚ a headstrong woman. After a lengthy battle of the wills‚ the couple come to love each other and Katherine accepts her role as submissive wife. Kiss Me Kate incorporates Shakespeare’s text in the "onstage" portions of the film‚ and parallels the play’s romantic themes in the relationships of the two couples.William Shakespeare’s
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Vladimir Lenin was a cruel tyrant. He was a cruel tyrant because he killed thousands of people every year and he also created the Cheka. Vladimir Lenin used extreme brutality and fear in his instigation of the “Red Terror‚” which made him a cruel tyrant. Lenin killed thousands of people and instigated the “Red Terror;” he also had no regard for human life. In the article “History vs. Lenin” the author wrote‚ “Under Lenin’s rule‚ there were 28‚000 executions every year. Consider that number for a
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also uses selective distribution as a type of retailing. They evaluate each potential site for a new store before building there. “Eric Nordstrom‚ the company’s president‚ visits each potential location himself before signing off on it. He says his gut instinct about a location is almost as important as the demographics and statistic they analyze. ‘Plenty of place look good on paper and we say no.’” Selective distribution allows them to maintain the quality that they are known for. 2. Describe
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renamed himself ’Josef Stalin’‚ the man of steel‚ a foreshadowing of the iron hand he would rule the Soviet Union with a mere 15 years later. Lenin knew that Stalin was dangerous and sought to get rid of him: " I propose to find a way to remove Stalin" (Stalinism Chronology)‚ but died before accomplishing this‚ leaving Stalin free to ascend to absolute power in both the Communist Party and the country. This absolute power enabled Stalin to unleash a reign of terror and death on his country unprecedented
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movie The Dark Knight. The movie is set in the early 2000’s. The Joker is a Caucasian‚ 35 years old male‚ his height is 6’5” and he weighs 192lbs. He has green eyes and green yellowish hair. His face is covered in white paint with black circles painted around his eyes and red paint going across his lips. He wears this makeup to resemble clowns. He was once married to Jeannie and had a son named Lonnie Machin. The Joker has Antisocial Personality Disorder with psychopathic features because he shows no
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HISTORY 212-2 Primary Source Analysis #2 Significant Lines for Discussion Chapter 16: America’s Gilded Age‚ 1870-1890 Thorstein Veblen‚ Excerpts from The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) * “By a further refinement‚ wealth acquired passively by transmission from ancestors or other antecedents presently becomes even more honorific than wealth acquired by the possessor’s own effort.” Luther Standing Bear‚ excerpt from My People the Sioux (1928) * “These people cared nothing for
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Hitler vs. Stalin At the turn of the 20th century there were two very evil men. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. One was the leader of Germany‚ the other had control of Russia. Two different men‚ two different countries‚ but not too different. Their stories begin at birth. Both Hitler and Stalin had difficult childhoods with abusive fathers. The father of young Adolf Hitler ‚ an Austrian official‚ was known to be a harsh‚ strict man. Stalin’s father was an abusive drunk that perpetually beat his wife
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How did Stalin’s rule change the soviet union? Stalin totally hanged the country. When he gained power the economy was still based on agriculture and the majority of people lived in the countryside; when he died‚ the country was a global superpower‚ with a huge heavy industry sector and the majority of the people lived in cites. He achieved these through two policies; collectivization of agriculture and‚ for agriculture‚ a centrally planned command economy - the Five Year Plans. In purely
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