Belarus

Belarus is a country in the middle of Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic States. Throughout its history, the Belarusians endured cultural assimilations from their neighboring nations. These nations have supported Belarusians nationalism, but it was only for their own interests. The influences from these nations helped shape Belarus and its culture. Belarus is a sovereign nation that gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The Belarusian State dates back to the 9th century with the establishment of Kievan Rus, a loose confederation of East Slavic States. The Principality of Polotsk was part of Kievan Rus and then later would become the modern Belarusian state for many years to come. The Principality became the dominion of…

In the early 1990’s came the fall of the famous U.S.S.R. in Europe/Asia. The U.S.S.R. stood for the United Socialist Soviets Republic that had control over 15 various countries for many years in their conquest of promoting communism. In 1991 it all came apart, and with it the split of its nations. Belarus is most notably one of these former Soviet satellites that has since struggled in developing democracy in their country. Belarus is listed as a republican government by many but the truth is…

Poland is an eastern European country on the Baltic Sea known for its medieval architecture and Jewish heritage. Poland is officially known as the Republic of Poland. The neighboring countries are Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, Lithuania and Russia to the northeast.To the north, Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea. Official language is Polish. As of 1 January 2016, the population of Poland was estimated to be 38 438 854…

The country of Poland has undergone a multitude of change since the end of WWII, to understand this you must first understand the Polish culture before the war and then compare to everyday life now. The word culture is interpreted as a set of values, these values are goals, achievements, practices, social practices, religious practices, and in general a way of life. The Polish exhibited a high degree of social division before 1939. Six different classes or groups take part of the Polish…

flat, hills, and mountains. They also have cultural practices that they don’t have in America and some are completely different than here. My family and I are not like the Poland culture we only do a few things that the Polish do. Poland is a very interesting country and the things that they practice and do are not like here in America. There are really cool and interesting facts about Poland. The population there is about 36,653,144 people. Some of the main industries are machine building,…

loss in support; it is actually helping him become more trusted by the public. Figure 1: Pew Research Center Survey Results Many adult Russians were raised during the Soviet Union and have a sense of nostalgia for those times. They perceive the world through the Soviet education they received. As mentioned earlier, 69% of Russians agree that it is a bad thing the Soviet Union dissolved (Simmons, Stokes, and Poushter 2015). They remember the global power and influence they had, which…

The absolute horror of the Holocaust has made it difficult and sometimes controversial to depict it in various forms of media. Two such works of art, Son of Saul and Maus, take very unique approaches to trying to capture the experiences of the Holocaust. Both works share key themes such as the importance of family in maintaining hope and the perpetrator conflict with Jews and Poles. Of course, the two works aren’t exactly the same and there are some major thematic differences. Perhaps the most…

Mac Pollard Instructor Will Dawkins Writing 121 19 October 2014 Joseph Conrad was born on December 3, 1857, in Berdichev, Ukraine. His parents, Apollo and Evelina were Polish patriots apart of the noble class who conspired against the oppressive Russian rule of the time. As a consequence, they were arrested and forced to live in the Russian province of Vologda with their 4-year-old son, Joseph Conrad. They Conrad's education was erratic. First, he started being tutored by his literary father.…

Mercy Jane H. Obido September 21, 2015 History of Russia (A1) “Tale of the Bygone Years” Book Review “The Russian Primary Chronicle” also known as the “Tale of the Bygone Years (Povest’ Vremennykh Let)”, “Chronicle of Nestor”, or “Kiev Chronicle”, is all about the key events that shaped the history of Kievan Rus’ dated from 850 to 1110, from the settlement of the Slavs along the Dnieper River, the fighting with their neighboring tribes to the invitation of the Scandinavian Prince Rurik to…

The Soviet Union was established in 1922 and lasted until approximately 1991. From 1940 to 1991, the Soviet Union was made up of fifteen republics.Between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Russia began to expand its territory. Then in 1922 the Bolsheviks controlled Russia and formed the Soviet Union, a communist state comprised of fifteen republics. Russia was th largest and most powerful of these. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia were among the republics of the…