of exam results being distorted‚” says Oxana Reshetnikova‚ director of the Federal Institute of Pedagogical Measurements‚ developers of the unified test. Literature teacher and member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Education and Science Sergei Volkov‚ cited by online news edition Gazeta.ru‚ called the future abolition of tests “a bolt from the blue”
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any threat to his power and to blame his failures on people who weren’t responsible for them. Stalin used the purges as a way of removing any threat to his power and to enforce total control. The event that triggered the Purges was the murder of Sergei Kirov in 1934‚ he was the popular Leningrad party leader and also a close ally of Stalin. He was too popular for Stalin’s liking and was almost certainly assasinated on Stalin’s orders. Stalin used this event as evidence of a plot against his rule
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INTRODUCTION MOVIE TITLE: A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD SYNOPSIS: In Moscow‚ a high ranking but corrupt Russian official named by Victor Chagarin (Sergei Kolesnikov) planned on incriminating a political and government whistleblower‚ Yuri Komarov (Sebastian Koch) without even taking him for justice when he refused to cooperate and hand over a confidential file that was believed to have convicting evidence against Chagarin. While in another situation‚ Jack McClane (Jai Courtney) was arrested under
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challenging the tsar even when he stood firm against the proposal and they were able to put pressure on for change. This ideology was thereafter aimed to persuade the peasants and fuel their resentment towards the Russian autocracy by the Populists. Sergei Nechyev‚ a radical of peasant extraction inspired a circle of young revolutionaries‚ the “Chaikovsky circle”‚ which produced many pamphlets and smuggled in books officially banned in Russia. This‚ in turn‚ led Pyotr Lavrov to lead a group of around
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ANNA KARENINA SUMMARY The Oblonsky family of Moscow is torn apart by adultery. Dolly Oblonskaya has caught her husband‚ Stiva‚ having an affair with their children’s former governess‚ and threatens to leave him. Stiva is somewhat remorseful but mostly dazed and uncomprehending. Stiva’s sister‚ Anna Karenina‚ wife of the St. Petersburg government official Karenin‚ arrives at the Oblonskys’ to mediate. Eventually‚ Anna is able to bring Stiva and Dolly to a reconciliation. \Meanwhile‚ Dolly’s younger
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Congress of Vienna (1815) In September 1814 June 1815‚ the leaders who vanquished Napoleon‚ European representatives‚ and those who believe they were in "high circles" gathered together to redraw territorial boundaries and fashion a lasting peace at the end of the Napoleonic wars after the downfall of Napoleon.  Dominated by four major victors Great Britain‚ Prussia‚ Russia‚ and Austria set peace term with France in April.  signing a crucial document  legitimacy (territories
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The Russian Revolution 1891-1924”. I will also gather information from various authors on their different interpretations on the topic. B- Summary Of Evidence : October: Ten Days That Shook the World; is a Soviet film premiered in 1928 by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov‚ referred to simply as October in English. It is a celebratory dramatization of the 1917 October Revolution. The title is taken from John Reed’s book on the Revolution‚ Ten Days That Shook The World.; A People’s
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poor conditions and wages. Together the peasants made up 95% of the Russian population‚ and were certain to join a revolution against a much hated regime which they saw to do anything to improve their situation. Under the economic plans set out by Sergei Witte who came into the position of Russia’s Finance Minister in 1892‚ Russia would put all resources into industry to create a "spiral of industrial growth". The main method of paying for the industrialization was to take as much resources as possible
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History of editing: In the first years of film‚ editing wasn’t used as it is today. When film first came about‚ people mostly used films to make actualities. Actualities mean a short film of an actual event. For instance‚ a ship pulling into the harbour‚ or a train passing by. These films didn’t have much of a story. However‚ it wasn’t long before films made by the Lumiere Brothers‚ and the Edison company‚ contained a plot. (include a little about plot vs story here) These filmmakers would set
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Before World War I‚ the cinema was largely an international affair. The war‚ however‚ disrupted the free flow of films across borders. Domestic production rose in countries like Germany and Russia. Cinema became largely influenced by the prominence of fine arts (e.g. painting) movements‚ referred to collectively as Avant-garde. Avant-grade contained styles that rejected the realistic depiction of a concrete world‚ movements such as German Expressionism and Soviet Montage. German Expressionism
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