Bibliography: Auty‚ Robert‚ and Dimitri Obolensky. 1976. "An Introduction to Russian History (Companion to Russian Studies;1)." Brisol‚ Great Britain : Cambridge University Press Ltd. Billington‚ James H. 1966. "The Icon and the Axe." New York: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Chadwick‚ N.K. 1946. "The Beginning of Russian History‚ An Enquiry into Sources." London‚ Great Britian: Cambridge University Press Ltd. Dmytryshyn‚ Basil. 1991. "Medieval Russia
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Humanities 21.02.2015‚ midnight Matronya’s Home “Matronya’s Home” is a very complex fiction of Solzhenitsyn‚ which is dedicated to illustrate consequences of industrialization and its influence on civilization‚ particularly on simply people in a Russian village. He essentially underlines enormous changes in minds and behavior of the dwellers of that village and symbolizes Matronya as a soul of true non-materialistic idea. Solzhenitsyn suggests own allegory of the whole nation with a small village
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Kazakhstan is not Kazakh. According to the 2009 census there are two dominant ethnical groups in Kazakhstan‚ they are ethnic Kazakhs (63.1%) and ethnic Russians (23.7%) with a wide array of other groups represented‚ including Ukrainians‚ Uzbeks‚ Germans‚ Chechens‚ Koreans‚ and Uyghurs - that is‚ virtually any group that has ever come under the Russian sphere of influence. Many of the non-Kazakh people of Kazakhstan have met attempts by the Kazakh government to make Kazakh the central‚ dominant culture
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particularly music. Indeed‚ Time magazine named him as one of the most influential people of the 20th century. At the time of Stravinsky’s birth‚ Imperial Russia was undergoing immense change in all areas of society. Upon his accession to the Russian throne in 1855‚ Tsar Alexander II initiated major reform in economic‚ educational‚ social‚ governmental and cultural spheres. At the time‚ Russia was predominantly an agricultural society‚ structured similarly to feudal systems. Neighbouring states
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dictatorship of the government. The GULAG‚ which is called “Correction By Forced Labor”‚ became a cheap labor force formed by prisoners. The economic system needs were responsible for GULAG formation that possessed both punitive and economic functions for Russian industry. The use of GULAG cheap physical labor in remote areas of the country made a significant contribution to the industry. Initiated by Lenin shortly after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 the GULAG expanded widely during Stalin’s era
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borrowings……………………………………………………….8 1.3. Classification of borrowings according to the borrowed aspect and degree of assimilation…………………………………………………………………………...12 1.4. The borrowing process as the reflection of cultural contacts …………………...14 2 Analysis of Russian borrowings based on the examples from monolingual dictionaries of American and British English. 2.1. Similarities and differences in lexicographic description……………………….19 2.2. Contrasting Dictionary Entries: etymology‚ spelling‚ definition and lexical
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In 1917 the most important Russian Revolution event occurred; this milestone was the emancipation of women; when women ’s oppression was overcome. This was the first time the complete economic‚ political and sexual equality of women was put on the historic agenda. The main priority was not only to defend women rights but to also defend human rights and liberties. They also wanted to support family as a community not only from the public but also from the government. The equality of family rights
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Russian Roulette In October of 1962 over 80 million American’s lives were at risk. American President‚ John F. Kennedy‚ stepped up to the plate and proved that peace through strength is the best strategy in the situation at hand. Kennedy handled the extremely intense situation in 1962 with his transformational leadership skills‚ along with the powerful and attentive delegation process he used‚ and furthermore his expertise decision making abilities. Transformational leadership styles focus
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Regional History Museum was founded in 1832. In his organization were directly involved well-known scholars of the time Karelin and Berg. Now the museum is located in the historical and architectural building built in 1879 in the eastern style of Russian-Kazakh school. The museum has its own branches: House-Museum of Hero of the Soviet Union Mametova‚ House Museum of E. Pugacheva‚ The House-Museum of painter S.Gumarova‚ Museum of Nature and environmentalists in Uralsk‚ The museum
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Russian Gulags Russian gulags were labor camps that were founded from the 1920’s to the 1950’s by Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps for political prisoners and criminals of the Soviet Union. The term “GULAG” is an acronym for the Soviet bureaucratic institution‚ Glavnoe Upravlenie ispravitel’no-trudovykh LAGerei (Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps)‚ that operated the Soviet system of forced labor camps in the Stalin era After Stalin’s death in 1953‚ Soviet authorities
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