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    world‚ the Bolsheviks did eventually win the Russian Civil War. But why? Fresh from seizing control of Russia from the hands of the Provisional Government‚ the Bolsheviks’ next step was to safeguard their fragile grip on the reigns of power. Lenin negotiated peace with Germany and therefore an end to Russia’s role in World War I. He could not‚ however‚ avoid a civil war in Russia. The Bolsheviks were made to fight for control of the country. The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start

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    Russian Political Allegory Due to his subtle social commentary and familiar stories‚ during the tumultuous 1850’s‚ Ivan Turgenev was one of the more respected figures in Russian literature. His story‚ The District Doctor‚ focuses on one of the countless middle-class physicians who were split between poor and rich by more than just monetary terms. The doctor comes across as perhaps someone who isn’t terribly intelligent‚ but is a very earnest man in his intentions and seems slightly uncomfortable

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    Orthodox Christianity in the 10th Century A.D. influence the Russian State? Since the adoption of Christianity by Vladimir I in 988 A.D. the church has had a profound influence on the Russian state. The magnitude of this influence has varied throughout history‚ from its peak during the 15th Century‚ to lows during the reign of Peter the Great and in Soviet Russia. Since the fall of communism the Church has revived its position in Russian Society and is asserting its influence in a number of ways

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    Between 1861 and 1917‚ Russian society had undergone many changes. It is safe to say that every aspect of that society had been some how modified. These changes led up to the Bolshevik revolution in November of 1917. Given the nature of Russian society‚ was the Bolshevik revolution unavoidable? <br> <br>Among the changes Russian society had undergone‚ one starts off the whole chain of events. This was the emancipation of the serfs‚ in 1861‚ by Czar Alexander. The emancipation freed 44 million peasants

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    Chapter-1 Introduction 1. Art and Its Relation to Life Life and art are very closely related. Life is a series of experiences and art is the imitation and presentation of them. Life is the mixture of pains and pleasures whereas the art is imitation of them. The art makes life beautiful‚ meaningful‚ successful and worth living. The art means drawing‚ painting‚ singing song‚ acting different roles‚ writing literary works‚ decorating‚ presenting and so on. It is

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    1. Introduction Culture consists of patterns of behavior and beliefs which characterize a group of people at a given point in time. The behavior may relate to religious practices‚ rituals‚ food choices etc. [ Bidney‚ 1994]. Within the health system‚ cultural awareness is an understanding of the likely impact of these behaviors and beliefs‚ on health‚ illness‚ care and hospitalization. In the global economy effective intercultural communication is a "must". Business success is now build on understanding

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    Perspectives. ​ Clayton‚ De.: Prestwick House‚ Inc. 2011.​ Print. ​ THE FORMALIST APPROACH TO LITERATURE was developed at the beginning of the 20th century and remained popular until the 1970s‚ when other literary theories began to gain popularity. Today‚ formalism is generally regarded as a rigid and inaccessible means of reading literature‚ used in Ivy League classrooms and as the subject of scorn in rebellious coming-of-age films. It is an approach that is concerned primarily with form‚ as its name suggests

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    A Structuralist Perspective of the Russian Revolution of 1905 Theoretic and Methodological Debates from the 20th Century November 11‚ 2011 “The preconditions for revolutionary victory are forged in the historic school of harsh conflicts and cruel defeats” - Leon Trotsky[1] The conflict between opposing economic and political systems was clearly one of the defining aspects of the second half of the 20th Century. The establishment of the Soviet Union as the standard

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    Russian-American Unification in the Mid-Twentieth Century and Alfred Reed’s Russian Christmas Music What makes a piece of music great? Is it the time and place it was premiered? Is its greatness defined solely by the reputation of the composer who wrote it? Why do some pieces become part of a canon of works‚ while others simply disappear in to the volumes of history? I believe it is a combination of all the above; however‚ the greatest element is a piece’s ability to speak to many people

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    Examining textbooks printed prior to 1991 helps to define the differences that arose in theories of the causes‚ process‚ and outcomes of the reforms. Hugh Seton-Watson’s textbook The Russian Empire 1801-1917 published in 1967 devotes a chapter to the topic of the reforms. He argues that one of the problems that determined the reforms’ outcome was Alexander II’s own conflicting philosophies and the contradictory liberal and conservative influences that surrounded him. Therefore the reforms did not

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