5. They also relied on agriculture—and your relationships to the land determined both your ________ ________ and your _____ _______________. 6. The ruler of Kiev was called the ____________ _________________‚ and he became the model for future Russian Kings. Also‚ the early grand princes made a fateful decision: They became Byzantine Christians. 7. According to legend‚ Prince Vladimir chose to convert the Rus to Byzantine Christianity in the 11th century over Islam because of Islam’s prohibition
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Problems Contemporary Russian Women Face with in Social‚ Professional and Family Life?” Nowadays‚ with the raising activeness of women in Russian society‚ many changes occur in many spheres of life. Yet the changes did not affect the whole Russia homogeneously‚ because Russia is bigger in terms of its size and population‚ these regions differ greatly in their culture‚ religion‚ economy and ethnicity (Motiejunaite and Kravchenko 43). However‚ Russian culture is an old civilization
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Akhmatova’s poem “Requiem” In the history of Russian poetry‚ 20 century was unique time. At that time‚ many young poets‚ who were talented and searching for new original ways‚ entered into literature. The passion for poetry had the mass character‚ approximately as the computer technology or sports now. But only some of them became a cult figure and had the innovative approach to creation of new themes and images. Anna Akhmatova is one of few names of Russian poetry of 20 century who is noted in decades
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The impact of globalization is invading each part of our daily lives in the home‚ workplace‚ educational establishment‚ and society as a whole. Technology such as‚ the Internet‚ telecommunications‚ and travel has played a major role in impacting Russian culture. We can text someone and get a response back from any other country immediately. We can call someone over Skype in India‚ f. e.‚ and talk for free on our computer for as long as we want. Not to mention Facebook and Twitter which have become
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SCHOOL | Cambridge World Literature Critical Essay | ‘Dedication’ and ‘Epilogue II’ from Requiem by Anna Akhmatova | | Judy Cai 11U03S | 07/10/2011 | ‘Dedication’ and ‘Epilogue II’ are poems reflective of the suffering and changes the Russian people have known under Yezhov terror. ‘Dedication’ focuses on the emotional and psychological impact of the Yezhov terror on human beings‚ which Akhmatova also feels from a mother’s view. ‘Epilogue II’ is Akhmatova’s response towards all the tragedies
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raised the common unbeatable spirit. People understood that they could everything only bringing together‚ peace and freedom would never leave their country. They should only have joined with each other to be successful. The meaning of the war for Russian people is really important. Memories of the war help people to overcome the difficulties in their lives now. They remember the war and understand that life is really wonderful today. They appreciate peace and country without attack and the fact that
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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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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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