IMPACT OF WW1 ON BRITAIN The effect that World War I had upon civilians was devastating. WWI was a war that affected civilians on an unprecedented scale. Civilians became a military target. The economic impact of WWI meant that there were shortages of all produce‚ most importantly food. Consequently‚ rationing of bread‚ tea‚ sugar and meat was introduced in 1918. This was widely welcomed by the British public‚ as a voluntary rationing system had been introduced a year before‚ and people were
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within 150 yards of the American trenches‚ and both sides were firing day and night‚ so you can tell we had a lively time‚ bullets flying in all directions. They made me duck a bit at first‚ but I soon got used to them‚ and did not take much notice after we had been there a few hours. Our squadron was lucky. We had three fellows and one officer wounded‚ but
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Romanov’s were the second and last ruling family in Russia from 1613 to March 15‚ 1917‚ when Tsar Nicholas II was forced to resign. His wife Alexandra and their five children Olga‚ Tatiana‚ Maria‚ Anastasia‚ and Alexei were then put under house arrest in the Ural Mountains. The Tsar was forced to abdicate his throne when protests broke out on the streets of Petrograd‚ which is now St. Petersburg. Later that year the Bolsheviks took power in Russia from the provisional government and set up the world’s
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this we start comparing the temperature’s differences in Russia and Spain and subsequently show which consequences it has on the working style and live in these countries. In Russia‚ the warmest average max temperature is 21 °C in July. The coolest average min temperature is -16 °C in January. People in Russia In Spain‚ the warmest average max temperature is 35 °C in July and the coolest average min temperature is 2 °C in January. Russia has a very distinct culture‚ and this needs to be understood
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The process of industrialising a country is usually a long and drawn out one‚ but during the late 20’s Staling saw a need for a rapid industrialisation of Russia in order to bring it up to par with the remainder of Europe and the world. Although speeded up‚ the process took over 10 years‚ with the death of many. It began at the 15th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in December 1927‚ Joseph Stalin attacked the left by expelling Trotsky and his supporters from the party and then
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Friday‚ February 6‚ 2014. The fall of Communism in Animal Farm Carl Marx’s famous philosophy of communism initially inspired a nation‚ but collapsed when power was accessible. Napoleon and Stalin shared a deep desire for power‚ which led to a collapse of their nations. After Old Major’s (Marx’s) death‚ a gradual deterioration of communism began with the greed for power by Napoleon (Stalin)‚ the blind obedience by all animals (Russians)
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Case Study Report IKEA in Russia Emily Kane - 491340 Eleanor Jones - 491338 Silvia Blanco - 490319 Luis Felipe Hernandez - 490819 4th March 2011 Executive Summary IKEA began as a small company in Sweden selling small household items but in 1945 began selling furniture. IKEA has expanded to other European countries‚ Canada and Australia. Currently‚ IKEA is the market leader in the distribution of furniture and home decorative items. IKEA entered the Russian market in 1991 but did
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EVOLUTION OF INDO – RUSSIA RELATIONS A REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report discusses the evolution of relations between India and USSR (now Russia) over the last six decades. India’s independence and its need for military supplies (due to strained relations with its neighbours Pakistan and China) compelled it to extend a hand of friendship to USSR. There was done by the means of cultural exports like like Raj Kapoor films and Ramayana. Soon enough Russia became the largest
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After World War II‚ a new threat of a different kind appears‚ the Cold War. It was a new way to keep opposing countries in check. The Cold War signified an emerging nuclear age‚ where we were no longer fighting face to face in the combat zones of other countries. America‚ one of the two superpowers post World War II‚ takes a stand against the other‚ the USSR (The American Yawp‚ Ch 25). America is in a race against stockpiling weapons‚ weapons of mass destruction and complete annihilation of cities
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Russia tea market Russia Most of Northern European Russia and Siberia has a subarctic climate‚ with extremely severe winters in the inner regions of Northeast Siberia (mostly the Sakha Republic‚ where the Northern Pole of Cold is located with the record low temperature of −71.2 °C/−96.2 °F)‚ and more moderate elsewhere. The strip of land along the shore of the Arctic Ocean‚ as well as the Russian Arctic islands‚ have a polar climate. Throughout much of the territory there are only two distinct
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