Alexander I of Russia

In the article, “Pyotr Ilyich 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…

Over several years of world studies, there are many people who deserve their name for an example, Peter the Great, Alexander the Great, Catherine the Great and etc. They all did something that changed the world but did Napoleon Bonaparte do the same? Did Napoleon do what he needed to do to make his name appreciatable? In my opinion, I don't think that Napoleon deserves the name " the great "at all he is a bad leader and can tell you why. October 21, 1805, was the battle of Trafalgar which…

and author Michelle Alexander. The book discusses the history of race and mass incarceration in the United States specific to African American man. Alexander argues, “We have not ended racial caste in America, we have merely redesigned it” (pg. 2), there has been a rebirth of a caste system in the form of mass incarceration since the years of slavery, Jim Crow laws and black codes. This book focuses on the increase of mass incarceration within the last few decades. Alexander compares the old Jim…

had a lot of impact in World War I and communism. A life full of adventures, some will think that they are not reasonable but others will think the opposite. Lenin’s life impacted a lot of others as well as inspired them. My goal in this paper is to help you understand what Vladimir Lenin did for Russia and what he did for the outside countries during and after World War I. Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov was born on April 10 (April 22 in New Style), 1870 in Simbirsk, Russia. Simbirsk was later named…

Russian Revolution where Nicholas II had many events that made the people of Russia not trust Nicholas II and the ideals of an absolute monarchy anymore. This lead to many different ideas of how a government should be ran by the people of Russia. The Russian Revolution, to many believe, was one of the most successful…

Simbirsk in April 10, 1987, he was the third oldest, with five brothers and sisters. In 1901 while doing underground work of his party he started going by the name Lenin. After a couple revolutions, he rose to become a powerful dictator in Russia. After World War I, he seized power with the October Revolution. Even though he had strong ideas he was still willing to change his ideas if his country needed it. When Lenin was a child his parents encouraged in him a love of learning and he used…

Authority Essay: What Makes a Good Leader? As said by JACQUES MARITAIN in the "The Democratic Charter,” Man and the State, “authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is the right to direct and command, to be listened to or obeyed by others. Authority requests power. Power without authority is tyranny. Link” Another comparison would be the differences between a leader and a ruler. A leader leads his people…

the chaos that was it's government, the rest of Europe was afraid its citizens would rise in revolt as well. To bring order to France, an English fleet moved toward the crucial port of Toulon in the south. Among the threats of invasion by Austria, Russia, Prussia and Spain, France also had to deal with the popular revolt of French loyal to Louis' family in the Vendee region where citizens had beaten back forces of the French Republic. France's army was in terrible condition. To protect Toulon,…

France were not interesting in propping her up. Indeed, within three years the War of Austria with France and Piedmont lost her much of her Italian possessions, while the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 ended any Austrian influence in Germany. Tsar Alexander II, who came to the Russian throne in…

sets out to elucidate for readers whom he presumes ignorant of them” (130). There is a possibility that because the Underground Man places so much stress on controlling situations as well as those around him, that he was mirrored after Tsar Nicholas I, the ruler of the Russian empire between 1825 and 1855. Tsar Nicholas “believed in exerting absolute power himself, and he imposed a regime of strict suppression, punishing dissenters, censoring subversive publications, and demanding allegiance to…