History of Russia

Russia is one of the strongest nations of the world. It has a long cultural, trational and military history. After disintegration of Soviet Union, Russia has been preserving its unique cultural and traditional identity very effectively. It has progressed a lot in the fields of science and technology, defence and military, and economy using its particular strategic geographical location. In this paper we will discuss Russia’s culture, its characteristics, terrain, communication lines and weather…

Why have we reverted back to our old ways? In order to address this issue, I will look at two particular cases in European countries that show this turn back towards our old nationalistic tendencies, Russia and Britain. Nationalism is an important aspect of current politics because…

over Russia. The Soviet Union was founded in 1922 by the Bolshevik Party and was led by Vladimir Lenin. The Soviet Union dominated Russia and it became the first country to be based on Marxist socialism, which gradually transitioned into Communism. After Lenin died, Joseph Stalin rose to power in 1924 and dictated with terror. Upon his rule he transformed the Soviet Union from an agricultural based society into an industrial and military nation. According to an article written by the History…

stop the spread of communism. It is also said that if Germany was to fall to communism, the rest of Europe would fall shortly after. In fact if it were not for Hitler 's attack on Russia, the spread of communism may have overtaken Europe, as feared by Great Britain and France. It was Hitler 's fanaticism that drove Russia into a state of permanent poverty, desolation from war and politically divided by internal hostilities. By 1941, the international order was already against Hitler. Britain…

Russian Federation. The situation in post cold war Russia was rapidly deteriorating both economically and politically. The leader of the communist regime at the time, Mikhail Gorbachev, was receiving increasing internal pressure to resign and external pressure from the West to democratize. On one side the old communist guard was pushing Gorbachev to stay course with the communist agenda. On the other an increasing movement to democratize Russia began to foment by the newly elected…

Britain and Russia) have political and electoral systems which share some essential characteristics such as nominal democracy,(with both countries being considered democracies, by virtue of their holding elections) and influences of a monarchical past in modern policy as well as holding some fundamental differences such as contrasting geopolitical interests in areas such as the Middle East and different approaches to economic policy, with Britain employing a more laissez-faire stance and Russia…

von Schlieffen was elected the General of Staff in Germany. At this time in history, the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, and Italy) and the Triple Entente (France, Great Britain and Russia) had divided Europe into two different sides. In 1906 Schlieffen had proposed an offensive plan that was designed as a surprise attack on France that would eliminate Great Britain as a contender to fight in a continental war. Russia and France were allies and they surrounded Germany. Part of the Plan was…

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the Russia has been an independent nation since 1991 after collapse of communistic regime. Russia is the largest country in the world. Her square cover more than one-eighth of the Earth 's inhabited land area. Russia is also the most populous country with nearly 144 million people in November 2014. Russia has borders contiguous with many Asian and European countries. A large area occupied by Russia gives it certain advantages. These include,…

In the context of the years 1855 to 1964, to what extent was Stalin Russia’s most successful ruler? In the period 1855 to 1964 Russia had 7 different leaders. Of these 7 leaders 3 were members of the Romanov dynasty (1855-1917): Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II. For a brief period after the collapse of the Tsarist rule, Russia was led by a provisional government headed by Prime ministers. The provisional government only ruled for a short period of time and from October 1917 till 1964…

Risk = (threat, vulnerabilities, values, or consequence), I propose the Risk of Russian insider threats has grown substantially, that US citizens, many with DoD security clearance access, maintain radicalized or adverse political beliefs favorable to Russia. Our vulnerabilities range from poor personnel vetting to all aspects of information and systems security, and DoD facilities security. Lastly, the values of these insider threats, threaten damage to the U.S. interests through possible…