things about a cell phone is that it is actually a radio‚ an extremely sophisticated radio. The man who invented the telephone was Alexander Graham Bell (top right) in 1876. Wireless communication can trace its roots to the invention of the radio by Nikolai Telsa in the 1880s. When these two great technologies are combined it made the cell phone. People who needed mobile-communication devices had radio telephones in their cars. In the radio-telephone systems‚ there was one central antenna tower per
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1. Russian Populism The Populist movement resulted from Alexander II’s Great Reforms. The purpose of the reforms was to take Russia into the future. 2. Lenin’s Imperialism: the Highest State of Capitalism describes the function of financial capital in generating profits from imperial colonialism‚ as the final stage of capitalist development to ensure greater profits 3. People’s Will (Narodnaia Volia) a newspaper published by the People’s Will revolutionary
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Igor Stravinsky and Alban Berg‚ then in the avant-garde‚ was played. Bela Bartok and Paul Hindemith visited Russia to perform their own works‚ and Shostakovich toyed openly with these novelties. His first opera‚ The Nose‚ based on the satiric Nikolay Gogol story‚ displayed a thorough understanding of what was popular in Western music combined with his "dry" humor. Not surprisingly‚ Shostakovich ’s undoubtedly finer second opera‚ Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (later renamed Katerina Izmaylova)
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Who was the man behind communism? Who was the man behind communism? Second only to Lenin‚ Joseph Stalin is the face most often associated with communism. He was the leader of the USSR during World War II‚ siding with the Allies against Germany. Stalin also participated in the Cold War‚ and was the leader of the USSR until the mid-seventies. ("World War 2"- 2) Joseph Stalin was born in Gori‚ Georgia on December 21‚1879. As a young man he won a scholarship to the Tiflis Theological Seminary
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Twain’s play "Is He Dead?" Satirical A satire play takes a comic look at current events and famous people while at the same time attempting to make a political or social statement‚ for example pointing out corruption. An example of a satire would be Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector and Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. Tragedy These plays often involve death and are designed to cause the reader or viewer to feel sadness. Tragic
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Scenes from reality “You are getting closer to reality when you say that it presents itself; that means it is not there‚ existing as an object. The world‚ the real‚ is not an object. It is a process.” Cage and Charles 1981: 180 In the early 20th century‚ the art situation changed. Art began to intervene in the public space by means of processes and fleeting experiences. Artists began to act in and direct situations and events that were collectively referred to as performance art. During the
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11. Edward Said‚ The Clash of Ignorance‚ The Nation‚ October 22‚ 2001 12 13. Danilevsky Nikolai Yakovlevich "Russia and Europe: a look at the cultural and political relations of the Slavic world to the Romano-German world"‚ journal Zarya‚ 1871 -------------------------------------------- [ 1 ]. Literally translated as Origins of New Science About the Common Nature of Nations‚ 1725. [ 2 ]. Danilevsky Nikolai Yakovlevich "Russia and Europe: a look at the cultural and political relations of the Slavic
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The History of Early Russian Film (1907 To 1977): Seventy Years of Russian Film The History of Russia: 1861 to Present Day Dr. Sola-Corbacho February 19‚ 2012 The History of Early Russian Film (1907 To 1977): Seventy Years of Russian Film The beginning of the twentieth century was an exiting time for this business that we call show. The film industry had not restricted itself to Hollywood. The film industry had spread its wings round the world at a fantastic rate. This term paper focuses
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era desperate for change (“Czar Nicholas II Abdicates”). His poor handling of Bloody Sunday and Russia’s role in World War I led to his and his subjects abdication and execution in Yekaterinburg‚ Russia (“Nicholas II”). Nicholas the II was born Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov on May 6‚ 1868 in Pushkin‚ Russia. He was the first born child in his family. His father‚ Alexander
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Porównanie systemów politycznych Polski i USA Porównanie systemów politycznych obydwu krajów może nastręczać nieco trudności‚ głównie ze względu na specyfikę ich kształtowania na przestrzeni dziejów. Co najważniejsze‚ USA to kraj o długiej i nieprzerwanej tradycji demokratycznej‚ w którym wszelkie poważne zmiany dokonywały się (może z wyjątkiem wojny secesyjnej i jej skutków) drogą ewolucji‚ przez co system polityczny wypracowano poprzez ciągle opieranie się konsensusie. Polska tymczasem to kraj
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