On Wednesday‚ 20 November 2013‚ Paul Seary wrote: Despite decades of often brutal repression‚ the eventual transition out of communism was generally peaceful throughout east central Europe. Discuss why this was the case and identify why it was not in those states and regions where conflict did arise. ‘From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic‚ an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe
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Maria Bochkareva Becca Roberts 4th 2-25-14 Russia had rules forbidding women joining the army‚ but some did. For the first few years of the war‚ the few women who actually fought in the front lines required required the complicity of military officals-- except one. Maria Leontievna Bochareva was the third daughter of a pesant family. She as born in Novgorod Oblast in 1889. Badly beaten by her alcoholic father‚ she left home at fifteen to marry Afansi Bochkareva. The couple moved to Tomsk
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Many problems began for Germany when World War II began‚ but by the end of the war Germany was a disaster waiting to happen. After WWII was over Germany found itself split between France‚ the United States‚ Britain‚ and the Soviet Union‚ each country controlling a part. Berlin‚ which was surrounded by the Soviet Union‚ was also divided into four sections. The Soviet Union was in control of half of Germany‚ and it happened to be the East half of the Germany. The Soviet Union made East Berlin the
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Research NOTES Mozart’s music‚ like Haydn’s‚ stands as an archetype of the Classical style. At the time he began composing‚ European music was dominated by the style galant‚ a reaction against the highly evolved intricacy of the Baroque. Progressively‚ and in large part at the hands of Mozart himself‚ the contrapuntal complexities of the late Baroque emerged once more‚ moderated and disciplined by new forms‚ and adapted to a new aesthetic and social milieu. Mozart was a versatile composer‚ and wrote
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Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) was a Russian philosopher from early 20th century‚ famous for his studies on carnival in the Middle Ages. He believed that the medieval carnival was the purest sense of carnival and that modern carnival is merely an image of carnival‚ not the real experience. In his book Rabelais and his World (1965) he examines the work of François Rabelais and the folk culture of the Middle Ages‚ where the carnival is the main focus. It was said that the people of the Middle Ages lived
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scientists for separating both organic and inorganic compounds. There are four different types of chromatography: thin layer‚ liquid‚ gas‚ and paper‚ but for this lab paper chromatography will be used. Who invented chromatography? A Russian botanist named Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet invented chromatography in 1901 while doing research on plant pigments. Why is chromatography so important? This is because over 60% of all chemical analysis is done with one of the four types of chromatography. Police also use it
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List of English words of Russian origin Many languages‚ including English‚ contain words most likely borrowed from the Russian language. Not all of the words are truly fluent Russian or Slavic origin. Some of them co-exist in other Slavic languages and it is difficult to decide whether they made English from Russian or‚ say‚ from Polish. Some other words are borrowed or constructed from the classical ancient languages‚ such as Latin or Greek. Still others are themselves borrowed from indigenous peoples
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defected to London in 1985. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher pursued a strong anti-communist policy in concert with Ronald Reaganduring the 1980s‚ in contrast with the détente policy of the 1970s‚ although relations became warmer after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in 1985. 2 After the collapse of the USSR‚ relations between Britain and the new Russian Federation were initially warm.[citation needed] In the 21st century‚ however‚ while trade and human ties have proliferated
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Serebryakov‚ displays arrogance and tyranny to everyone around him‚ and only stays on the estate due to the blind admiration of his former mother-in law. His beautiful young wife‚ Elena‚ is lusted after by the other men on the estate‚ including the doctor Mikhail Lvovich Astrov and the manager of the estate‚ Ivan Petrovich Voynitzky‚ Uncle Vanya. Indeed‚ the primary conflict in the novel is between Vanya and the professor‚ for upon meeting the figure for which he has toiled for years‚ Vanya realizes that he
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On another hand‚ The Syrian civil war‚ also commonly known as the Syrian uprising‚ is an ongoing armed conflict in Syria between forces loyal to the Syrian Ba’ath Party government and those seeking to oust it. The conflict began on 15 March 2011‚ with popular demonstrations that grew nationwide by April 2011. These demonstrations were part of the wider Middle Eastern protest movement known as the Arab Spring. Protesters demanded the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad‚ whose family has held
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