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During World War II, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis declared that Jewish people were a virus that needed to be eliminated. This insane belief led to the Holocaust, where over six million Jews were stripped away from their homes, forced into internment and concentration camps, and slaughtered. The horror that came from the deaths of millions of innocent Jews left people outraged that such a tragedy could happen, and the monsters that caused it didn’t pay enough. Most people were too scared to fight…

strategically placing weapons in such a way that they could take out the others’ capability to counterattack in a nuclear exchange, reducing their number of weapons to about 22,000. This remarkable difference in strategy was a possible reason for the Soviet’s downfall, as they had to purchase and maintain twice as many nuclear stockpiles as the US did. At the time of the talks, the US and Soviet Union had begun the process of creating anti-ballistic missiles which would protect them in the event…

The city of Chernobyl is located in northern Kiev Oblast, in modern day Ukraine, where it was previously under the Soviet Union control. In the city is a nuclear power plant built and designed by the Soviets. It was an RBMK-1000 model nuclear reactor, which used “enriched U-235 uranium fuel to heat water creating steam that drives the reactors’ turbines and generate electricity” (http://www.livescience.com/39961-chernobyl.html). The plant had 4 reactors with graphite moderators, which slows down…

The rise of nuclear power started back in 2000 with the election of George W. Bush; it was with him that the development of nuclear power plants started to form in the United States. One of the countries that turned to nuclear energy was India, but it wasn’t until 2005 with the Nuclear Treaty, that it actually came into the picture and developed their Nuclear Sector. Then in 2010 India’s government passed the Civil Nuclear Liability for Damage Act, which dealt with any nuclear damages that…

Human trafficking is a term that many people misconstrue. Research studies show that human trafficking is a growing international concern. A debate that many have is whether women are being ignored in this issue. Human trafficking is a major problem that women face. It happens more often where women are trafficked more times than men. This paper will talk about the gender issues of human trafficking and how people misconstrue what human trafficking really is, forms of it, and efforts to try…

Much debate and conflict is occurring between Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea. These countries’ past conflicts have contributed to the current crisis. Crimea, as well as East Ukraine, wants to join Russia. This has led to past promises being broken and worldwide debate about what Russia should do. While countries around the world have responded to this conflict, their actions don’t appear to have a large effect on the actions of Ukraine or Russia. While Crimea has become a part of Russia, there is…

Joseph Stalin was a violent and cruel leader that led the Soviet Union into World War II and dictated Russia for many years. Many people considered Joseph Stalin as a tyrant because of the gruesome actions he did for the Soviet Union in order to win wars and battles. Despite his horrific contributions to his army, he guided the Soviet Union through wars with tedious tactics and battle strategies. First, Joseph Stalin’s early life was brutal. Many people suggest that it was his childhood…

A powerful dictator named Joseph Stalin established a regime that focused to modernize the Soviet Union and destroy the Nazi hierarchy. Shortly after the death of Vladmir Lenin in December of 1879, Stalin gained control of the Communist Party, by assuming the role of General Secretary. Due to his decision to control the agriculture, famine swept across the land killing millions in its path. The few exceptions were innocents captured and taken to camps. Leader of the Red Army, Stalin led his men…

In 1948, the United Nations defined genocide as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group….” The Ukrainian Famine, which lasted from 1932-1933 was a famine in the Soviet controlled Republic of Ukraine, in which more than 7 million people perished and died from starvation. This famine, also known as the Holodomor, was true to the meaning; people were not being sacrificed for a cause, instead they were dying for no reason…

In 1914, build up of tensions among countries in the European system and surrounding areas led to the outbreak of World War I. This war, being the bloodiest in history up to that point, caused upwards of 25 million deaths and led to the rise of Nazism, Comintern Cold War along with many other major geopolitical events (Third International). The rising powers of Germany, the US, revolutionary Russia, and the declining supremacies of the United Kingdom, France, and the Ottoman Empire, allowed for…