Crimea

was a nation that could function on its own and become economically powerful. During the cold war, leadership from Tito showed that by using strategy, Croatia could function properly on its own, separate from Yugoslavia. In the recent crisis in the Crimea, it was shown that even a few citizens could turn international relationships from flourishing to tentative. The handling of the migrant crisis by Croatia, closing all borders to immigrants, stranding thousands and effectively cutting off the…

In a 1997 report, 44,490 out of a total of 47,758 disappearance cases were still outstanding. Forced disappearances occur when people are silently snatched by governments and tortured, and have been occurring ever since Adolf Hitler’s totalitarian reign. The Forced Disappearance of Persons, or F.D.P., is the occurrence where governments and their supporters seize individuals who are seen as political threats to the government or the nation’s security and deny committing the act. Not only are the…

For many reasons, Andrei Taganov can definitely be considered a hero. During a battle in the Crimea, he helped Captain Karsavin of the White Army as he is wounded in battle. As both wounded soldiers wander around in search of their camps, Andrei begins to develop respect for Karsavin, despite being in the opposite party. In order to not risk being…

catastrophic pandemics in human history. Between the years of 1346 and 1353, the plague killed an estimated 75 to 200 million people. The Black death had originated in the plains of Central Asia, it quickly travelled along the Silk Road, until it reached Crimea in 1343. It was then spread throughout the Mediterranean and Europe being carried by fleas living on black rats. Symptoms of the black death included victims having fevers, abdominal pain, feeling weakness, and chills. When someone first…

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there were countless minority groups found themselves living in a new country as a result of annexation, redefined territorial boundaries, migration, or by any other means, with some suffering repression from the states in which they resided. My research is about the interaction between such minority groups and states where they find themselves. My central objective is to answer why and how might a State, having just acquired an ethnic minority, repress…

Roger Fenton was taking images in Crimea in the mid nineteen fifties, and a few years after that the American Civil War started in the spring of 1961. The civil war in America was a time in which photographers spread far and wide to capture the war. Newspapers and other outlets put out word for photographers to go and take photographs of the war, men would flock to portrait studios to have their photograph made in their new uniforms so there are many civil war photographs that were taken during…

Introduction: Andrew Manson, Florence Nightingale, and Hospital Reform, Nightingale’s Citadel “But oh! Wouldn’t it be wonderful, dear, if we could form a little front-line unit, scientifically and-- yes, let me say it-- spiritually intact, a kind of pioneer force to try to break down prejudice, knock out the old fetishes, maybe start a complete revolution in our whole medical system” (Cronin 323). The aforementioned quote, as stated by Doctor Andrew Manson, protagonist of a novel entitled The…

creator of Netflix, has accomplished many things, such as, conquer the world. Well, almost. He somehow found a way to have Netflix in Australia, Canada, the United States even Mexico. However, Netflix isn’t available in China, Syria, North Korea and Crimea. Secondly, since Netflix has so many movies and tv shows for all ages, it too has a kid mode. This way, if you're babysitting your little brother or sister or if you want to watch a family movie without having to fear for any surprises during…

the economy, and leaving the western world in ruins. Bubonic plague initially began in central Asia and by using the highly traveled Silk Road it spread to Crimea by the year 1346. From Crimea, the bubonic plague was transmitted by rat fleas that survived on the blood of rats that resided regularly on the many merchant ships traveling from Crimea and Egypt to most of Europe. It then spread throughout the European continent and the Mediterranean region and is estimated to have killed almost…

Throughout the countless centuries war has ravaged, destroyed, and devastated the many people and countries involved. The Crimean war began in October 1853 and ended in February 1856. The war was between the Russians, British, French, and Ottoman Turkish with the help of the Sardinia-Piedmont army. The war was fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula. The Crimean Peninsula is located in southern Ukraine, in Eastern Europe. The Crimean War was an important event of the history of Europe, its…