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    Russians and Tashkent

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    trade and handicrafts on the caravan routes to Europe and East Asia‚ When it was captured by the Russians in 1865‚ it was a walled city of some 70‚000 inhabitants and already a leading centre of trade with Russia. In 1867 it was made the administrative centre of the new governorate-general of Turkistan‚ and a new European city grew up beside the old native one. Soviet rule was established by Russian colonists in November 1917 after an armed uprising. Tashkent remained the capital of the new republic

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    Byzantine Empire Notes

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    Byzantine empire 1000 years of a strong and large empire 500’s-1463 Location: on the Black Sea Mediterranean Sea Therefore good fisherman‚ sailors Therefore good economy‚ good trade. Therefore a lot of cultural diffusion -In ancient times this is called Asia Minor -Not to far from Greece Therefore a lot of Greek influences. 1) Spoke Greek 2) Influenced by Greek Architecture 3) Influenced by a new form of Christianity Greek orthodox church=Byzantine Empire is called the Eastern Orthodox

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    Russian Governmnet

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    outcomes?  Compare and contrast the perspectives on Russian political culture and democratization by Pipes‚ Colton/McFaul and Rose/coauthors‚ Treisman‚ and Fish. What is Political Culture? Political Culture -- “a people’s predominant beliefs‚ attitudes‚ values‚ ideals‚ sentiments‚ and evaluations about the political system of their country and the role of the self in that system.” How Does Culture Affect Politics? Four Competing Arguments on Russian Political Culture and Public Opinion  1. Russia

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    Russian Borrowings

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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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    Russian Education

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    RUSSIA - CULTURE - EDUCATION 1. Russian children begin school when they are 6 years old. Elementary school consists of the first 4 grades‚ middle school consists of 5 grades and high school is 2 grades. It is only required that children attend the first 9 grades. After that a child can go to work or do work/study. If a child wants to go to the University‚ however‚ he or she must complete all 11 grades. There are approximately 25-30 students in each class. All students learn at least one foreign

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    Prison Gangs

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    identified 114 different prison gangs in the U.S.‚ and with a membership that may constitute as much as three percent of the total prison population in the United States. Of those‚ five have emerged as the most powerful and influential: The Mexican Mafia‚ the Lu Nuestra Familia‚ the Texas Syndicate‚ the Aryan Brotherhood‚ and the Black Guerilla Family. They all maintain the membership requirement of murder or the spilling of another’s blood. In addition‚ each of these organizations relies heavily on

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    The Sopranos Camera

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    Single Camera A single camera is a technique used to make TV dramas and Films using just one camera‚ taking shots from various angles. An example of a single camera drama is The Sopranos‚ and I’d like to go in to detail about that. Series – The Sopranos My example for a series is The Sopranos. A series is a bunch of episodes‚ which tell a different story each time‚ and do not follow on from each other. The Sopranos is an American based television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves

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    The Godfather Research Paper

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    The Godfather I The film is known as one of the greatest films of all time‚ it is about a powerful Italian-American family who runs one of the most powerful mobs in the city of New York. The head of the family is Don Vito Corleone. The movie is a mob drama with lots of action. There are two more movies that follow this one as this is part one of a trilogy. The Godfather was released in 1972 and is just under three hours long. It has earned multiple awards and is still viewed as one of the greatest

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    John Gotti Research Paper

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    Seminar on organized crime Discussion Paper: John Gotti Jr. John Gotti was born in the bronx on October 27‚ 1940. His family moved into a tough neighborhood in Brooklyn when he was 12. John began to love the streets and dropped out of school in 8th grade. After spending years performing small crimes and gaining respect in the underworld‚ he became affiliated with the Gambino family in 1966. In the family‚ John made a lot of money hijacking freight trucks at Kennedy airport. The

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    Russian Revolution

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    people ( especially peasants ) 1918 -1918 march the Bolshevik accepts the peace of Brest litovsk‚ ending WWI with Germany. -Lenin wanted to concentration on affairs in Russia. 1919-1920 -Although Lenin and the Bolsheviks are in control of the Russian government they are challenged by the menchevicks and royalists. -The menchevicks and royalists form the white army. -Bolshevik are finally able to defeat the white armies. Rule of Lenin 1920-1924 -Redistribute land from large land owners to

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