Caucasus

In his final novel, Hadji Murat, Tolstoy depicts the Caucasian campaigns of the mid 19th century, condemning Nicholas I’s attacks on the Islamic people of the region, as well as the tsar’s use of violence in general. However, Tolstoy also criticizes the Islamic leader Imam Shamil, even drawing some comparisons between Shamil and the tsar. In this sense, Tolstoy condemns the Russians but in doing so does not condone the leaders of the Islamic people; rather his criticism focuses on violence and…

Dzungar Genocide The Dzungar people were located in the upper west part of China, later named Xinjiang. In 1775 the war with Qing dynasty began. It was said to end in 1758 or 1759, no one is for sure when the genocide ended. During this time mainly men were killed and most of the women and children were separated among the Qing soldiers. The estimated number that died is from 600,000 to 800,000. Beside the war there was a smallpox’s break out. The Dzungar Genocide was a mass murder, and they…

At the end of World War II, 1947 the Jewish State of Palestine established a state of Jewish sovereignty, the United Nations in November of that same year voted to establish the creation of a Jewish state and an Arab state. That was the creation and establishment of Israel. Israel is known as the “Holy Land”, a country of rich history and distinguishable conflict. It is a nation state known for its incredibly notorious history with war, conflict, and strength. Through history religion has played…

the ground to fire at us. They fought us to the last man.” Russia was fighting with everything they had and with winter approaching, the Sixth Army’s parent formation was overstretched, and the troop shortage was due to Hitler’s policy of capturing Caucasus oil field and Stalingrad (McTaggar, P). Battle of Stalingrad is considered to be a battle of two man’s pride, on one side Stalin insisted that the city that bore his name should not fall, while on the other side Hitler was mesmerized with the…

Since the dawn of man, one question has echoed through our minds: “How did we get here?” There are many answers to this question, scientific and otherwise. Almost every form of religion has a different process of creation. Greek Mythology stands out because there are many different parts to the creation, yet there is not a set timeline. Greek myths were written in different places, at different periods of time; therefore it becomes difficult to place these events in a linear timeline. Many…

Russia is in a strategic location and borders 14 other countries, which include but are not limited 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…

The Lincoln standard written by David Brooks outlines the criteria for anyone who wishes to become a successful president. But it also can be applied to anyone who wishes to be in a leadership role within the world, or history. Adolf Hitler was histories top controversial figures in the 20th century, sparking war, and the depressing holocaust. How does Hitler hold up to the Lincoln Standard? Hitler had a vision from the inception of his beginnings in the Nazi Party, writing Mein Kampf would…

The notion and study of orientalism in the West reached a different understanding from an iconic book called „Orientalism“, written by Edward Said. Nevertheless, contemporary discussions have highlighted various types of orientalism in the Western world, their perception of the „East“ , frailty of epistemological distinction made between "the Orient" and "the Occident“ and have moved way further than Said's description of the phenomenon. The author, Vera Tolz, wrote this book as a study of…

At the age of 21, a man had a job as a weatherman at the Tiflis Meteorological observatory. He was hired to track rainfall and atmospheric pressure. Stalin had his own policy of stalinism. He made his county power. When he was 16, he made it into a magnificent school but was soon expelled. Within history Stalin made a stand against Hitler and the Nazi party. Despite Joseph Stalin's dictatorship, he lead his economy in a mass production and the defeat of the Nazi Party. Jewish captivity were…

lands of the Byzantine Empire. The tribes were descendants of their first leader Osman. The Ottoman Empire governed territory from the Hungarian plains in Europe to the borders of Persia, then from the northern black shores of the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains to the Atlantic shores of Morocco. This was a very large territory to the Ottoman Empire and their language, religion and culture varied as well. The empires took up the Muslim religion, and this became the state religion. The…