Imagine going into war without any plans on what to do? Or even when everyone comes up with different plans on a topic‚ therefore everyone not on the same page? The white Russian army fought in the Russian civil war to be able to take control over Russia‚ but failed due to no combat plans and selfish generals. The Bolsheviks won this war because their army was better-organized and they had the best territory over the battle fields. Since the beginning their enemies‚ the Bolsheviks‚ always had enemies
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traveler resting for the night at wayside inn.” (Pushkin XLIX). Alexander Pushkin is consider one of the best Russian authors of the Romantic era. Pushkin was committed to social reform becoming a spokesman of literary radicals‚ what angered the government leading to his transfer from the capital in 1820. Pushkin is recognized by many as Russia ’s greatest poet and the father of modern Russian Literature. Alexander Pushkin was born into an aristocratic family with a long and distinguished lineage in
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Tsar till the February revolution of 1905. They became one of the most industrialized region of the Russian empire during the era of
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Review: Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy‚ published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. Widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction‚ Tolstoy considered Anna Karenina his first true novel . The character of Anna was likely inspired‚ in part‚ by Maria Hartung ‚ the elder daughter of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin . Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of
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differences will help clarify what it did wrong and what it could have done to defeat Japan in 1904. Diplomatic and economic factors before and during the war In 1854‚ Japan had reopened her doors to the United States‚ the United Kingdom‚ and Russian after 200 years of isolation from all Western powers‚ except the Netherlands (Koda 12). Of these powers‚ Britain and Russia had the strongest impact on the national security policy of the Japanese government. By the 1890s‚ given the growing competition
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History 10 Diploma Prep: Historical Investigation - Essay Karl Marx and his developed theory of Marxism played a vital role in influencing Lenin’s efforts to overthrow the Provisional Government eventually leading to the Russian Revolution of 1917. “A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Communism.”1‚ the opening sentence to The Communist
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freezing rain‚ hail and sleet [killing] a number of troops and horses” (Greenspan 2012). The Russian environment was a harsh mistress to the unprepared French soldiers. As this occurred in late June‚ it should have been a clear sign to Napoleon about the Russian winter that was to come‚ however‚ his only thought was about the conquest of Moscow and the surrender of the Czar. As Napoleon
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that they previously had and were unable to publish anything that would suggest that the autocratic system was weak in comparison or that the Government was failing to provide what was best for its people. This also meant that even the well-educated Russians had no way of comparing their situation to the situation in the rest of Europe. They were essentially forced believe that Tsarism was a superior‚ more effective way
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increased. The main reasons as to why opposition towards the Tsar arose in Russia can be seen to be as a result of the discontentment growing between the Russian people. A strong sense of discontent spread throughout Russia‚ this because Russia had suffered from extreme domestic and economic troubles in this period. The most significant troubles which Russian citizens experienced –eventually leading to the opposition of the Tsar ‚was their want for political change‚ strict censorship‚ oppression of the
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special. First the language was Slavic languages ((it is also called Slavonic language)). It is one of the languages of the Indo European. It is exactly the east Slavic language; it is written with the Cyrillic alphabet. Religion in the country was Russian Orthodox Church; it is one of the Christian religions. Also it is one of the eastern orthodox churns such as in Greece. On the other hand Peter the Great was more rational‚ so he was interested in the development of his
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