Cossacks

leading to thousands of causalities including that of women and children. Aleksandra Kollantai described the events as such “at first I was children who were hit [by rifle fire] and dragged down from the trees… We heard the clatter of hooves. The Cossacks rode right into the crowd and slashed with their sabres like madmen. A terrible confusion rose.”(Source E). The awful events of this day marked a change in Russian attitudes, previously the Russian people had view their Tsar as the ‘little…

Emerging from the ashes of The War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War, the people of Europe wanted more from life then they possessed. They wanted the rights, liberties, and freedoms that the absolute monarchs of their states held captive. Looking at Great Britain as a model for a successful government without an absolute monarch, peasants, serfs, and the bourgeoisie wanted power to be in their own hands. The growing sentiment was proclaimed by philosophes such as John Locke, Baron…

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth once was a large kingdom. Its political problems began in 1654-1667 when Bogdon Chelmenytsky, a Cossack, pledged to Russia, devastated the kingdom. Just prior to its division among Russia, Prussia, and Austria, Poland's Jewish population reached 430,000 (excluding Eastern Galicia). In Lithuania, there were 157,300 Jews. History of the Jewish People. The economic breakdown in the Commonwealth in the second half of the 17th century has often been seen as a…

Enlightened Absolutists were interested in true reform to the extent of of applying the principles of enlightenment to their kingdoms. The absolutists believed that going from the top to the bottom was the way to rule and the society didn’t need to rule with bureaucracy. These absolutists included Catherine II of Russia, Frederick II of Prussia, and Joseph ll of Austria. They followed the acronym of TRAP where, “T” stands for religious views, “R” for reform of institutions, “A” for absolutism,…

Rainsford finds himself stranded on an island after falling overboard on a yacht in route to Rio de Janeiro. After reaching the shore, Rainsford follows footprints of a hunter he heard shooting a few moments before to find General Zaroff, a Russian Cossack who enjoys hunting animals that are “courag[eous], cunning, and [able] to reason” (Connell 7). This encounter ultimately leads to Rainsford transforming from the hunter to the hunted. In Jackson’s “The Lottery,” protagonist Tessie…

Ava DuVernay’s Selma tells the story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Freedom Marches from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 to secure voting rights for African Americans. Having come out in 2014, Although any historical film is an interpretation of history, this movie accurately depicted what African Americans went through. The first scene introduces Annie Lee Cooper who was denied the right to vote after not being able to name the 67 county judges in Alabama. This was one of the many real…

Rainsford is on the island trapped with General Zaroff he relies fear, he is one of the most skilled hunters in the world and now he’s running away trying to stay alive in the book it says “… The general was saving him for another day's sport! The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. Then it was that Rainsford knew the full meaning of terror” this statement shows the change in position in the story as Rainsford is now scared and running for his life. At the beginning of the story Rainsford was…

Slave revolts were common throughout the 1700s, and even beyond that time frame. Many slaves revolted in retaliation against their masters. Many slave owners often live in fear, due to the uprising of slave revolts. It was also understandable why many slaves revolted in the first place. The slaves were taken away from their homes and traded off, without a say in the matter. Many of them that were brought over on slave ships died during the voyage to American, because of lack of proper nutrients…

Rainsford woke up to a sharp pain in his back. He groaned as he rolled over in bed. He immediately regretted this decision. His entire body ached from the tiring swim he took yesterday. Still groggy from waking up, he thought about what had happened in the past three days. He cursed himself for falling off the yacht to save a stupid pipe. He slowly got out of the general’s comfy bed and walked into the general’s bathroom. He took his time clean himself up and delicately treated his wounds. He…

forming; government ministers take control. • February 25: The Petrograd strike is now total (200,000+) and violence is increasing; demands for bread have been replaced by condemnation of the tsar; all free members of the Workers Group are arrested; Cossack troops fight police to protect protestors. • February 26: Upon hearing of events in Petrograd, the Tsar orders the use of military force to break the strike. Troops fire on protestors causing tens of casualties but begin to mutiny later in…