Russian Borrowings in English: Similarities and Differences in Lexicographic Description Mirosława Podhajecka University of Opole 1. Introduction The study of word origins enjoyed considerable popularity in the past‚ and etymologies‚ a traditional component of a dictionary entry‚ were often hotly debated‚ even though ‘the amateurs who‚ as late as 1900‚ filled the pages of popular journals with their conjectures on word origins‚ had no idea that they should have used their time reading
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Several historians have similar beliefs as to why the Russians managed to defeat Napoleon. However‚ different historians place more weight to some reasons than others. In this essay I will present the viewpoints of three different historians‚ Lefebvre‚ Thompson‚ and Connelly‚ and discuss what they argue are the chief reasons for the defeat of Napoleon. This essay will also present the viewpoints of a Napoleonic foot soldier and compare and contrast the viewpoints of the Napoleonic foot soldier to
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Russian Czars After the three partitions of Poland in 1772‚ 1793‚ and 1795‚ there were many more Jews in the Russian empire. The Pale of Settlement was a region in imperial Russia where the Jews were given permanent dwelling. The leaders of Russia were called Czars and they had complete power over the entire empire. This essay will discuss three Russian Czars‚ Nicholas I‚ Alexander II‚ and Alexander III and the impact they had on the Jews. The different levels of tolerance of these Czars to the
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Farm v. Russian War Tsar Nicolas II was the Emperor of Russia and was the last. His official short title was Nicholas II‚ Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russia. Nicolas ruled from November 1st 1894 until March 15th 1917. Under his reign his country‚ Russia‚ faced a humiliating defeat in the war against the Japanese. Nicholas approved the Russian mobilization of August 1914‚ which marked the beginning of Russia’s involvement in the First World War‚ a war in where millions of Russians were killed
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greatest reformers in Russian history. He managed to emancipate the serfs and bring about reforms in education‚ military‚ justice‚ censorship and the economy. Despite all of this Russian society was unsatisfied‚ ultimately leading to the assassination attempts that ended his reign. In this essay I will be highlighting some of the main changes to the Russian society‚ then I will be talking about what remained and finally I will conclude. One of the most impactful changes to Russian society during Alexander
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successful social reform. Serfdom did not improve society because it was similar to slavery. It led to economic decline‚ rural instability‚ and discontent peasants. Many rebellions occurred during this century because of serfdom. As a result‚ the Russian government decided to balance the interests of lords and serfs. The emancipation of serfs was needed because Russia’s weakness was revealed from their loss during the Crimean War. Russia’s army of serfs was no match against the forces of France and
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It is no accident that the name that is attributed to the heroine in a number of Russian novels of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is named after some derivation of the name Elizabeth. Karamzin is the first to revere this name in his work Poor Liza and it is this work that sets off a chain reaction that causes the occurrence of subsequent characters in Russian literature. This character can particularly be found in works such as Pushkin’s Queen of Spades‚ Griboyedov’s Woe from Wit‚ and
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not‚ but you are not the only one. Most people have heard of Alexander’s brother‚ Vladimir‚ more commonly known as the great Russian revolutionary Lenin. Vladimir is credited as the man responsible for the Russian Revolution‚ but his revolutionary cause may have been sparked because of his older brother’s death. Therefore Alexander may be just as responsible for the Russian Revolution as Vladimir. Alexander was born in 1866. His father‚ Iyla Nikolaeyich Ulyanov‚ was an inspector of public schools
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revolutionaries; succeeded by Alexander III. | |1883 |First Russian Marxist group formed. | |1894 |Start of reign of Nicholas II. | |1898 |First Congress of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). | |1900
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revolution had little impact but it is important to know that the Bloody Sunday which sparked 1905 revolution was starting point where the bond between the tsar and the people was heavily severed. This caused loss of popular support for Nicholas II. The Russian Revolution of 1905 was not a sudden event‚ but rather the culmination of years of discontent caused by several factors which were the poor economic condition of the peasantry‚ who had seen little improvement in their lives following emancipation‚
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