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    The Russo – Japanese war did is seen as a short term factor that was responsible for the 1905 revolution‚ however there are many other short term and long term factors which also contribute to being responsible for the 1905 revolution. The way the Tsar ran the country‚ social problems‚ changing society inside and outside Russia‚ Bloody Sunday etc... The Russo – Japanese war saw Russia lose to Japan. Russia saw itself as a great and powerful country‚ compared to others‚ Russia wanted to expand

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    Every person is an architect of his future. Discuss. First draft Batyrkhan Saniya‚ ID 20122886 Academic Reading and Writing Course GEN 1120 Turgan Zhanadilov 12 February 2013 Outline I. Introduction. Thesis statement: Although some people believe that it is quite hard to manage the future because of inevitable fate‚ there seem to be no doubt that the person and only person is a creator of the future. II. Body. A. First‚ the future depends on person’s attitude to life. 1.

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    Briana Rodriguez Mrs. Murtaza January 17‚ 2013 Anna Pavlova Ballerina Anna Pavlova was born Anna Matveyevna Pavlovna Pavlova on February 12‚ 1881—a cold and snowy winter’s day—in St. Petersburg‚ Russia. Her mother‚ Lyubov Feodorovna was a washerwoman. Her stepfather‚ Matvey Pavlov‚ was a reserve soldier. The identity of Anna Pavlova’s biological father is unknown‚ though some speculate that her mother had an affair with a banker named Lazar Poliakoff. As a child‚ Anna preferred to believe

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    Union reported that a week into orbit‚ she was euthanized and died painlessly. BBC news reported in 2002 that this may have been untrue. Laika almost definitely died of panic and overheating when humidity and temperature went up after lift off. Sergei Korolev was the designer of the Sputnik‚ in addition to the first manned spacecraft. Korolev was from the Soviet Union‚ but a poor Communist and was arrested and worked hard labor for a year‚ but was rescued by a friend and assigned to a top-secret

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    How far would you agree that the events of 1905 were caused by Russia’s failure to win the war against Japan? (30 marks) Long-term factors: Middle class- There was a lack of common purpose between Russia’s different social classes. They organised themselves by autumn of 1905 into soviets but spent most of the year protesting in spontaneous strikes/ marches. The peasants were too widely distributed and isolated to have a common organised leadership. Their protests were traditional peasant ones of

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    Coco Chanel From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Karl Lagerfeld From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia | This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately‚ especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (January 2009) Short History of Ready-Made ClothingBefore the American Civil War‚ ready-made (also called ready-to-wear) apparel

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    Stravinsky’s developmental context Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (June 17‚ 1882 – April 6‚ 1971) is known not just for the breadth of diversity acknowledged in his oeuvre‚ but for the impact and contribution it has made on Western culture‚ particularly music. Indeed‚ Time magazine named him as one of the most influential people of the 20th century. At the time of Stravinsky’s birth‚ Imperial Russia was undergoing immense change in all areas of society. Upon his accession to the Russian throne

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    serfs their freedom‚ Alexander’s actions cause more problems then they solved. <br> <br>After the unification of Germany between 1861 and 1891‚ which accelerated it’s military and political power‚ Russia too felt it should industrialize. A man named Sergei Witte‚ who was Minister of Finance from 1892-1903‚ almost single-handedly pushed Russia into its industrialization. He knew that Russia needed something to start her on the road to industrialization. Witte’s efforts made industrial advances from 1892

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    the tsar and his government‚ who believed that the tsar was incompetent. However‚ these views had been held for a long time. The peasants became more dissatisfied with the state as policies were set up in order to speed up Russia’s modernisation. Sergei Witte’s industrialisation policies played a big role in increasing opposition towards the government‚ mainly within the peasants and the proletariat. Witte’s intentions were to raise the capital needed to fund industry and the building of

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    1936-1938 and reached its peak in 1937 and 1938‚ millions of innocent Soviet citizens were sent off to labour camps or killed in prison. Stalin did face opposition from his own party about the conduct of the Five-Year Plans. A possible rival was Sergei Kirov‚ the Leningrad Party boss who was assassinated in 1934. Kirov’s death was used as justii cation for the existence of counter-revolutionary plots. By the time the terror subsided in 1939‚ Stalin had managed to bring both the party and the public

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