Essays on Russia Page 2

What Is Industrialisation? Industrialisation is a process of social and economic change where a human society is transformed from pre-industrial to industrial. This social and economic change is closely entwined with technological improvement, particularly the development of large-scale energy production. What were Stalin’s industrial policies? The GOSPLAN was an organisation that was set up to…

“We all now pose as Napoleons– Millions of two-legged creatures For us are the instrument of one.” –Eugene Onegin, by Pushkin Napoleon in Russian Thought Despite Russia’s own history with Napoleon Bonaparte in the Russian invasion of 1812, Russians came to view Napoleon with a strange sort of admiration and reverence. In much the same…

The Vikings were explorers who lived in the region that is now Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. They often set sail for distant lands. Although their feats took place more than 1,000 years ago, the tales live on in legend. Stories tell of the sailors’ voyages to new lands and of their violent raids. Two views…

Global warming is a scientifically recognized process of the Earth’s ozone and atmospheric decay that was first put on the political agenda by the UN(United Nations) with the adoption of the UNFCCC(UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) in 1992 and it came into force in 1994. 1 The main reason behind the global warming is…

Tsar Peter I. besides known as Peter the Great. governing Soviet union from 1689 to 1725. enforced major military and domestic reforms that centralized Russia and increased its function in Europe. He centralized his power and revolutionized the function of the servant aristocracy. making a huge bureaucratism that would stabilise Russia. He would use Western…

Chechnya is an independent democracy located in the center of the Caucasus Mountains. This land has ever belonged to the Shemite people, dead persons of the Shem. The adjacent democracies all around them are really similar ethnically. The people that live in the Caucasus Mountains are non the same as the Russian people. In 1864,…

Bloody Sunday was an event in Russia in which had marked upon the beginning of the revolution in 1905. It was a popular uprising of working class people who had experienced harsh treatment at work and in the industry. Sparked after several events that had made living standards impossible over the years, groups of workingmen…

Ivan the Terrible was a cruel tyrant, who never knew the meaning of moderation; He drank too much, laughed too loudly and hated and loved too fiercely. And he never forgot anything. Ivan was definitely smart and despite his cruelty, his reign is known as one of the greatest rules in Russian history. In Russia…

Napoleon returned to France, seized power, and render himself emperor. Muhammad Ail used many French practices in effort to build up the new Egyptian state. He established schools to train modern military officers and built factories to supply his new ear-NY. Tension between the Sultanate and the Janissaries sparked a Janissary revolt in Serbia in…

One of the most dramatic and revolutionary changes in Russian history is the restriction of the consumption of alcohol. Mikhail Gorbachev instituted his anti-alcohol campaign on May 16, 1985 in order to decrease alcohol consumption by Soviet citizens and instead teach them the rewards of moderation. Some such rewards were a better life at home…