Ukrainian National Character Ukrainians are an outgoing people‚ more genial than their Russian cousins and more fun to hang out with. Russians‚ it is said‚ sit‚ talk‚ drink‚ and brood; Ukrainians eat‚ drink‚ and sing‚ and their songs are mostly happy and romantic. Optimistic and undemanding‚ Ukrainians see the brighter side of life‚ and have a proverb that explains it all – "Things will sort themselves out somehow". Kyiv (Kiev) is 375 miles to the south of Moscow and has a warmer and more moderate
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For some‚ the privatization of Russian industry has been one of the great success stories of Russia’s painful economic transition: quick‚ firm and radical action was taken to shift the great bulk of Russian industry out of state hands‚ thereby laying the basis for a radical restructuring of enterprises and improvements in their performance. Others see privatization as a best a failure‚ at worst a catastrophe. Not surprisingly those opposed to the market and economic reform as a whole share this view
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there was World War I‚ the Russian Revolution‚ Civil War‚ etc.. Russian immigrating had some trouble on their way to U.S .citizenship and after they got it‚ but there were also many good things that came with living in the U.S. Russians immigrated to the U.S. because‚ there was lots of conflict going on in Russia. Russia was involved with World War I‚ but the brutality and conflict was worsened by the Russian Revolution‚ and the Civil War between the Red Army and White Russians. The Bolsheviks‚ and leader
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as a power hungry dictator who would kill anyone to retain his power. Based on events in history‚ the main causes of the Russian Revolution could have been drastic poverty and a growing politicized work force. “In 1916‚ a full three-quarters of the Russian population was comprised of peasants who lived and farmed in small
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18 Russian paper #2 Tactics of the Soviets The Soviet Union in the twentieth century was a tumultuous time for Russians who wished to speak their minds and for those who wished to stretch communism to the corners of the globe. With a government consumed by annihilating its opponents and censorship‚ Soviet writers such as Nikolai Bukharin and Grigori Deborin were compelled to depict the glory of communism or face the harshest of consequences. In “Down With Factionalism!‚” Bukharin
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Этика использования силы The USSR has inherited a large area and multinational structure of the Russian Empire. In 1917- 1921 Finland and Poland have received their independency‚ as well as Lithuania‚ Latvia‚ Estonia and Tuva. Some territories were annexed to the USSR‚ such as West Ukraine and West Belorussia‚ Baltics‚ Bessarabia and North Bukovina‚ the Tuvan People`s Republic‚ Transcarpathian region . The collapse of the USSR occurred due to the processes of system disintegration‚ which were happening
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European Region of Russia The European Russian Region accounts about 22 percent of the Stocked forest land and 24 percent of the growing stock of Russia‚ or 166 million hectares and nearly 20 billion cubic meters. While containing one-fifth of Russia’s coniferous growing stock and forested land‚ a more favourable climate and longer history of human development translates into some two-fifths of the total Russian deciduous forested area and growing stock being sequestered in European Russia. The
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I couldn’t find much information on Russia in the book or on the website‚ so I’m going to base my analysis of Russian culture on my experience. Power Distance Index. I believe that power distance index in Russian culture is quite high‚ as there is a huge gap between upper and lower classes‚ and not really such a thing as middle class. Spain on the other hand has quite a common power distance index for Europe – 52. Its about 40 to 50 in Europe‚ which means that people do understand that there are
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Russian Population Research Project By Tom O ’Donnell 1. Natural Characteristics affecting population Distribution (Arizona 07) Population distribution is heavily affected by natural characteristics such as rivers‚ mountains‚ lakes and forests. A lot of people tend to live where there are pleasant living conditions and/or conditions that suit themselves. Flat‚ easy accessible‚ build-able and agricultural friendly land always attracts people. To establish towns and cities there is a number
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actual key and provides the song a minor flavor. Fig. 15: The dominant chord in mm. 16-18 in song no. 2. Alfred J. Swan writes that a singer now and then inserts an odd measure into a song spontaneously resulting in the flexibility of the rhythm in Russian folksong. Song no. 2 displays this trait when Shostakovich inserts one additional beat in each of the first three measures of melody A‚ resulting a melody A’ that has a different
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