Reasons for revolution 1) People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society‚ religion‚ the economy or the government. People are also hopeful about the future‚ but they are being forced to accept less than they had hoped for. E: The English population was prominently Protestant in religion and wanted to protect their religion‚ contrary to King James strong catholic beliefs that he was forcing upon the them. The people had also come to the realization that the king
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How far did Witte improve and modernize the Russian economy? Before Witte came into power‚ Russia was in a state of crisis. Due to many factors (including the tsarist system‚ geography and lack of education and ingenuity) Russia was 500 years behind the western powers. Witte‚ as finance minister oversaw Russia’s transition economy from 1892 to 1903. Witte aimed for greater exports‚ ambitious industrialization‚ and large foreign loans. He hoped to modernize Russia and make it competitive with other
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While both oppressed people with meager rights‚ Caribbean slaves and Russian serfs have some differences‚ especially on the relationship with land. Caribbean slaves‚ most of whom are kidnapped from African continent‚ suffered from harsh conditions with propinquity to their owners. Similarly‚ serfs in Russian Empire even experienced more brutality of the Russian nobility and tzar. Whereas they are both located in the lowest social status‚ they have some minor differences. To begin with‚ their identities
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Integrative Case 8 Wikimart: Building a Russian Version of Amazon (pp. 436-439) Prepared by: Goh Peg Gie Lim Lee Pang Ng Lay Yen 14021369 14021371 14021381 Company Profile Let’s do an online trade site that any stores can display their products in without spending money on advertisement until they sell them. Maxim Faldin Kamil Kurmakaev In 2008…. 1. From an industry-based view‚ given the fragmented‚ rapidly growing nature of online retail space in the Russian-speaking world‚ how would you characterize
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Culture Analysis paper is Russia. The history of Russia is the Viking Rurik came to Russia in 862 and founded the first Russian dynasty in Novgorod. The various tribes were united by the spread of Christianity in the 10th and 11th centuries; Orthodox Christianity has had an immense effect on the Russian Culture. It influences politics‚ art‚ and nearly every other aspect of Russian culture. The Orthodox followers feel a strong sense of community and brotherhood towards one another through a shared bond
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The Indutrial revolution (bbc youtube documentary) until The Indutrial revolution most people lived an agriculture existance defined by the harvest and the seasons and ruled by a small political and social elite. Sea cult- from north sea coal kick started The Industrial revolution in Britain. Until then wood had been the main source of energy in britain ‚ it supplied the fuel for homes and small industries ‚ but as populaion grew so did the demand for timber‚ as forest were cut down ‚wood had
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English and Russian idea of good manners is different. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Prove your point of view. Good manners are important across the globe‚ but that doesn’t mean they are the same all over the world. The rules of politeness vary greatly all over the world‚ from country to country everywhere. Once we read the article about Marta Ingram‚ who was English and her Russian husband‚ Alexander. When she first met Alexander and he said to her‚ in Russian‚ "Naley mne tchai
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Works of Kazakh and Russian Artists Course: Arts History (ART1303) Instructor: Camilya Karabayeva Spring 2009 Outline I. Introduction (Malika) The essay below demonstrates the main distinctive features of Kazakh artists’ art pieces with the Russians ones II. Main Body a. Comparison of Abylkhan Kasteev’s works with the famous Russian artist Iliya Glazunov (Saniya) b. Comparison of Zhanatai Shardenov’s works with the outstanding Russian artist Ivan Shishkin
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on this sector‚ and focused trying to build its technology sector. The Russian economy was one of the hardest hit by the 2008-2009 global economics crises as oil prices plummeted and foreign credits that Russian banks and firms relied upon‚ dried up. According to the World Gank‚ the government’s anti-crisis package in 2008-2009 amounted to roughly 6.7% of the GDP. As the economic decline bottomed out in mid-2009‚ Russians economy started to
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THE PROBLEM OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE In order to investigate the problem we made up a list of questions (see a questionnaire in Appendix) about using different vocabulary in sensitive topics.The results we got are as follows. 1. Nobody called physically disabled people ‘cripples’. A great number of adults (66%) call these people ‘invalids’ but the vast majority of schoolchildren (teenagers) chose the PC variant (physically disabled). 2. The vast majority of respondents
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