Baltic Fleet

drinks. Instead of mourning with the majority of the people, he went to the ball to strengthen relations with France, which did not sit well with the Russian people. In 1904, Russia’s fleet in Port Arthur was attacked unannounced by the Japanese, this was responded to by Tsar Nicholas II sending Russia’s Baltic Fleet which was half the world away to Port Arthur taking a 9-month voyage. It was nearly annihilated in the “battle of the Tsushima Straight” but he stayed firm believing this to be an…

The Germanic tribes invaded Europe, diffused into its society and influenced the civilizations already in Europe. But what were those influences? Did each tribe contribute something unique to Europe? Where did each tribe come from? The time span of the Germanic, or barbarian, invasions spans roughly a thousand years. My primary focus will be on the years 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. As a whole the Germanic tribes contributed different kinds of warfare, politics, and weaponry. An example of this is the…

the Vasa was announced to the world. Anders formed a team and started building structures for two years so that he could raise the Vasa out of the Baltic Sea, as it weighed almost twice its original weight. In 1961 the ship was finally raised and to their surprise the ship was in excellent condition. This was due to the low salinity levels in the Baltic sea. But now since the Vasa was out of the water, it had to face the air which could cause the water-logged wood to start cracking. So, to avoid…

A revolution breaks out in Russia on November 7th , the French and the Bolsheviks took power in St. Petersburg. They negotiate an armistice with the Central Powers early December. France loses its eastern ally and Germany can concentrate its forces on the western front. On January 8, 1918, US President outlines his war goals (14 points). Thomas Woodrow Wilson intends in particular to ensure freedom of navigation on the seas, ensure the birth of new states (Czechoslovakia, Poland ...) and create…

and ended a year later after defeat “Crusades”. After many new groups started to show up, King Louis tried to put another crusade in motion but it didn’t get far because he died. The last crusade is known as the main crusade which happened in 1290. Fleets of warships from Venice and Aragon arrived to defend what remained of the crusade states. Many groups arrived to lay siege to the last crusade states. They needed a huge army and they got one. The last of the crusade states fell after only…

to China, Mongolia, North Korea, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Lithuania, and Poland. There are many bodies of water that surround Russia, which include, Sea of Japan, Caspian Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Siberian Sea, Chukchi Sea, Pacific Ocean, and Sea of Okhotsk. The Russian terrain consists of plains, mountains, plateaus, and tundra, which spans, 6.5 million square miles and through 11…

The Real story about the Crusades The Crusades were a series of wars set out to reclaim the holy land and not the outcome of greed and want for power of the Christian Church. Before the time of the Crusades the Christians that lived had no arguments with the muslims. Before the year 1200, 9 out of 10 people living in Europe were peasant farmers who had barely anything to live on (Biel). This meant that many of the people living in Crusading time were poor and had nothing. They didn’t have…

A century ago, in front of the Korea’s coastal waters, Japan and Russia had conflict over interests in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula, which is called Russo-Japanese War. At that era, Russian government was an imperial power and had many rebelling against the leader Czar Alexander II. After the incident, Czar Nicholas II obtained the sovereignty of Russia. However, because of too much internal revolution in Russia, they had to struggle with unstabilized government during the war. However,…

with looting in the capital of Byzantine. A variety of crusades were organized during the remaining part of the 13th Century. The Albigensian crusade of the year 1208 to the year 1229 was established to uproot heretical Cathari in France, and the Baltic Crusades subdued Transylvanian pagans. The fifth crusade saw the Franks attack the City of Egypt through the sea and on land, but Muslim forces defended their territory well. The sixth crusade helped in achieving a peaceful transfer of Jerusalem…

For the programme’s first phase four corridors have been agreed:  Motorway of the Baltic Sea (linking the Baltic Sea Member States with Member States in central and western Europe, Including the route through the North Sea/Baltic Sea canal)  Motorway of the sea of Western Europe (leading from Portugal and Spain via the Atlantic Arc to the North Sea and the Irish Sea)  Motorway of the sea of Southeast Europe (connecting the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea and the eastern Mediterranean,…