Peter I of Russia

Tchaikovsky”, the author, Alexander Poznansky, informs readers about the life of the famous musical composer, Peter Tchaikovsky. The article begins with Peter’s early life which helps readers understand how he became utterly fascinated with Italian music, especially Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovonni. With a music passion already instituted, the article goes to explain how Peter became one of the most famous composers in history by discussing many of his earlier compositions that…

She ruled for 34 years from 1762 to 1996 and during her reign there were many advances to Russia but there were also a lot of troubles (McGuire 104). Catherine was full of contrasts; she could be tyrannical but also tolerant, she could be extremely wise or wildly reckless, and she could be generous but other times ruthless (McGuire 25). Catherine threw herself into her job with great enthusiasm. She loved Russia and adored being empress (McGuire 71). She also found a lot of interest a new…

all the citizens. Thus, if they made an unpopular decision, the people would harshly react. In her speech, Catherine II, Czarina of Russia, claimed that subservience to the people was far more dismal than absolutism. The efficiency of absolutism was exemplified in its rulers, such as Peter the Great. Because of his absolute rule, Peter reformed every aspect of Russia in only forty-three years. This great ruler was able to modernize an entire empire by enforcing a centralized…

the official religion of the Empire. The greatest of the Safavid monarchs, Shah Abbas I the Great (1587-1629) came to power in 1587 aged 16. Abbas was not only successful against the Ottoman Empire in the war of 1603-1618, but he also dislodged the Portuguese from Bahrain in 1602 and Hormuz in 1622. However the Safavids were in decline at the start of the 18th century. In 1722, Peter the Great of Imperial Russia launched the Russo-Persian War (1722-1723), capturing many of Iran’s Caucasian…

1st period Essay Every other day I step outside to feed the abandoned animals. Day after day the birds always seems to come back to me. Even when I don’t have food for them, they always stick around just in case I may pull out food. Certain countries may sometimes help their allies get back on their feet. Poorer countries will always beg and rely on the rich countries just because they helped them once. Richer countries don’t have to support poorer countries because they are having wars of…

it base on religion, I want to remind you the prediction of Baba Vanga, the Bulgarian psychic. She predicted in 1989, that on Earth would be wars between Islam and Christianity, and finally there is would be “Muslim Europe” . I may found not appropriate sources to write about it, but what actually happens in Europe makes me believe in her…

Ellsworth M. Toohey an architectural critic confesses his plan to make a society similar to the one in the book Anthem. The speech is about how he plans to create it. He says that he was doing this by perverting the soul of man. In the speech he tells Peter another architect that the trick to creating the society is to destroy the very concept of greatness and enshrine…

Shimerda family, Jim Burden, Lena Lingard, Tiny Soderball, Peter and Pavel, as well as the sacrifices that they may have had to make to come to America and start a new life. Cather also uses a feminist approach in the novel because the novel is really Jim Burden’s story of Ántonia, Jim is the narrator of the novel, not Antonia. Although someone who is writing about the novel in a cultural or gender perspective will have a different view. I. American Dream and Sacrifices A. The Shimerda Family…

of western culture. Russia, Asia, and Africa after the were byproducts of Westernization. They were kind of forced to adapt to the life of western peoples because of this sudden infatuation in western policies. The whole surge for westernization was partly because of religion, which at this time was a very respected aspect. The leaders of Russia, Asia, and Africa had different views (standpoint) on the Europeans; Asia has mixed thoughts on Westernization, while the Tsar in Russia adopts a…

Peter Ediger was important to the Nevada test site because he was one of the founding committee members of the Pace e Bene which was a nonviolence service. His committee was in charge of fighting against the test site to try and stop the bombing going on. Ediger and three other people, Louis Vitale, Alain Richard, and Julia Occhiogrosso, started the committee in the mid-eighties and got groups of people together to shut down the Nevada test site. Ediger is a religious man, which many people were…