Nicholas II research: Source 1: “The daily work of a monarch he found intolerably boring. He could not stand listening long or seriously to ministers’ reports‚ or reading them.” Written by Kerensky in 1934. Kerensky was the leader of the government which took over when the Tsar abdicated in 1917. Source 3: “Nicholas II was not fit to run a village post office.” Said by an unknown cabinet minister Source 4: “He never had an opinion of his own … always agreeing with the judgement of the last person
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My scrapbook on Animal Farm. A brief summary of Animal Farm. Old Major‚ the old boar on the Manor Farm‚ summons the animals on the farm together for a meeting‚ during which he refers to humans as parasites. When Major dies‚ two young pigs‚ Snowball and Napoleon‚ assume command and consider it a duty to prepare for the Rebellion‚ which the old boar had mentioned. The animals revolt and drive the drunken and irresponsible farmer Mr. Jones from the farm‚ renaming it "Animal Farm". The pigs elevate
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CONTENT Introduction …………………………………………………………………………3 1 Borrowings as a way of upgrading vocabulary 1.1. The notion‚ causes and ways of borrowings………………………….............5 1.2. The types of borrowings……………………………………………………….8 1.3. Classification of borrowings according to the borrowed aspect and degree of assimilation…………………………………………………………………………...12 1.4. The borrowing process as the reflection of cultural contacts …………………...14 2 Analysis of Russian borrowings based on the examples from monolingual dictionaries
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3)The Development of Russia a)Eastern Slavs converted by missionaries from Byzantine Empire to Orthodox Christianity. Eastern Orthodoxy rejects pope‚ but else wise is similar to Rom. Cat. b)Loose but real political unification of eastern Slavic territories under single prince and dynasty c)Feudal division into boyard nobility and commoner peasantry d)After death of Prince Iaroslav the Wise‚ Kievan principality disintegrated into competing political units- 1504 e)The Mongol Yoke and the Rise of Moscow
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Niceville Senior High School 800 E. John Sims Parkway Niceville‚ Florida 32578 Phone: (850) 833-4114 Fax: (850) 833-4267 May 29‚ 2013 Dear Parent and Student‚ Welcome to Niceville High School. We look forward to having you start your high school career in 2013/2014. You have chosen to take an advanced class in European History. This is an exciting time in which you will be challenged to read in depth‚ use critical thinking skills‚ and
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Midterm Review Sheet Unit 1: Evolution‚ Revolution‚ Enlightenment Term What caused it? What does it mean? What is the result of it? Magna Carta John raised taxes to keep English lands in France Lost‚ nobles forced John to sign Magna Carta Established the Great Council‚ king could only raise taxes with approval‚ king had to pay when seizing property (Eminent Domain)‚ all people had right to Jury of peers. Parliament (=Great Council) Magna Carta Created to limit King’s power Created a limited monarchy
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Russia until a constituent Assembly could be elected. These two bodies were the Provisional government‚ (made up of leading Liberal parties‚ and Kadets)‚ and the Petrograd Soviets (made up of workers‚ soldiers‚ socialist revolutionaries‚ and had both Menshevik and Bolshevik members.) However this reign did not last long as in October of the same year the Bolsheviks seized the Tauride Palace overthrowing the Provisional government (PG) in the name of the Petrograd Soviet. There are many reasons to why the
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scrindMr. Dunbar AP European History Chapter 23: The Building of European Supremacy: Society and Politics to World War I Outline Chapter Overview New steel mills‚ railways‚ shipyards‚ and chemical plants reflected an expanding supply of capital goods in Europe during the second half of the nineteenth-century. By the first decade of the twentieth century‚ the age of the automobile‚ the airplane‚ the bicycle‚ the refrigerated ship‚ the telephone‚ the radio‚ the typewriter‚ and the electric light bulb
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Introduction Communism is a social structure in which classes are abolished and property is commonly controlled‚ as well as a political philosophy and social movement that advocates and aims to create such a society.Karl Marx‚ the father of communist thought‚ posited that communism would be the final stage in society‚ which would be achieved through a proletarian revolution and only possible after a socialist stage develops the productive forces‚ leading to a superabundance of goods and services
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OLD MAJOR Old Major is the inspiration which fuels the Revolution and the book. According to one interpretation‚ he could be based upon both Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. As a socialist‚ George Orwell may have agreed with much of Marx‚ and even respected aspects of Lenin. According to this interpretation‚ the satire in Animal Farm is not of Marxism‚ or of Lenin’s revolution‚ but of the corruption that occurred later. However‚ according to Christopher Hitchens: in the book‚ "the aims and principles
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