the Great Terror in Russia in 1936. The Great Terror was known as ’Yezhovshchina’ in Russia‚ the time of Yezhov‚ who was head of the NKVD in 1936. The Terror fell into four main parts: The Moscow Show Trials‚ 1936-1938 The Army Purge 1937 The Mass Purge The Gulag The first part of the Great Terror‚ the Moscow Show Trials‚ involved three main trials; The Zinoviev trial in 1936‚ The Trotskyite trial in 1937 and The Bukharin trial in 1938. All who were included in these trials had to confess to a
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21‚ 1921‚ in Moscow. His father‚ named Dmitri Ivanovich Sakharov‚ was a distinguished scientist‚ a writer of science‚ and pedagogy. He also had a hobby of playing the piano for silent films and at home. His mother‚ named Ekaterina Alekseevna was the daughter of a distinguished General‚ Aleksei Sophiano‚ who was a Greek-Russian aristocrat in Moscow. Young Andrei Sakharov was a voracious reader. He graduated from high school with excellence. From 1938‚ Sakharov studied physics at Moscow State University
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Constantin Stanislavski Born in 1863 in Moscow‚ Russia‚ Constantin Stanislavski started working in theatre as a teen. He co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre in 1897 and developed a performance process known as method acting‚ allowing actors to use their personal histories to express authentic emotion and create rich characters. He died in Moscow in 1938. Early Life and Career… Alekseyev started acting at the age of 14‚ joining the family drama circle. He developed his theatrical skills considerably
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towards Leningrad‚ a center group headed towards Moscow and a southern group moved to capture the food producing area of the Ukraine. By now‚ the Germans were thrilled with their fast advancements and initial success‚ including the fact that they had captured over 400 000 Russian soldiers. In late July‚ the advance on Leningrad and Moscow slowed‚ with forces moving south to capture Kiev and the Ukraine. While Germans generals wanted to make Moscow the primary target so that a final battle could
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630–31; also personal communication with Dobrynin‚ Moscow‚ 18 June 1999. Levesque‚ The Enigma of 1989‚ pp.83‚ 178–81‚ 255. I disagree that Gorbachev was misinformed about the seriousness of the brewing crisis in Eastern Europe. On the contrary‚ Soviet ambassadors and intelligence chiefs in Eastern European capitals‚ as well as some ‘roving’ Soviet ambassadors (for example‚ Vadim Zagladin who travelled to Czechoslovakia in July 1989) warned Moscow repeatedly of the grave situation. At the same time
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to write an uplifting and patriotic piece to immortalize Napoleon’s defeat and celebrate the liberation of the Russians. Cannons would have been used during the actual conflict‚ they are very significant in the piece. Its first performance was in Moscow in 1882. Tchaikovsky was a respected musician of his time and was well-suited to accomplish this task. His sensitivity and excitable temperament‚ was so freely expressed in his music. By the age of 23‚ he had devoted himself entirely to music
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“The lady with the little dog “- Analyzing literature questions 1. Gurov’s character represents as a man who dislikes the company of man of his age. He finds their company uninterested and boring. In addition‚ he finds his wife to be unintelligent‚ narrow‚ and inelegant and he did not like to stay home at all and had been unfaithful to his wife as well. He also refers to woman’s race in a “the lower race.” Nevertheless‚ he seems to enjoy the company of women‚ which only associates with women. He
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PAKISTAN-RUSSIA RELATIONS: POST-COLD WAR ERA Adnan Ali Shah * The demise of the Soviet Union in December 1991 witnessed a tectonic shift in world affairs. The transition from a bi-polar world to uni-polar one‚ the emergence of the United States as the triumphant‚ sole super power‚ at the end of fifty years of the Cold War‚ has necessitated a shift in the priorities and goals of the nation states. The renunciation of the Soviet communist ideology‚ coupled with the unraveling of the Soviet Union
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The world as we know it has seen the likes of the most feared and infamous dictators and military geniuses. Some of these people have even shaped the way the world is today and their influences are still felt. Among such dictators are Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler‚ leaders of France and Germany respectively at two different periods. Adolf Hitler’s reign of power begins in 1933 when he is appointed Chancellor of Germany and his reign ends with his suicidal death on April 30 1945. Napoleon Bonaparte’s
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on a painting by Arnold Bocklin. Also in 1909‚ Piano Concerto 3 was written as specifically for his new tour in the United States. This concerto laid the foundation for his 25-year music career in the United States. During his short second stint in Moscow‚ Sergei wrote The Bells in 1913‚ a choral symphony based on a poem by Edgar Allen Poe. Later in 1934‚ Sergei finished what was to become his most beloved piece of all‚ Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. This piece was to be played on the piano and with
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