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Although the two-day meetings did not generate any arms control agreements, Gorbachev agreed to “reduce by half, and eventually eliminate entirely, all intercontinental and intermediate missiles” on the condition that the United States abandons SDI. KGB General Sergei Kondrashey commented that SDI “influenced the situation in the country to such an extent that it made the necessity of seeking an understanding with the West very acute.” Reagan’s advisers pleaded with him to accept Gorbachev’s…

Identification and evaluation of sources The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan was a military expedition executed by the Soviet Union through the years of 1979 to 1989. The invasion was considered extremely controversial by many countries and even the residents of the Soviet Union thought it was controversial as well. The question for this investigation is: “Was the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan executed to help out the unstable Afghani socialist government or was it just Soviet imperialism?” Due…

Khmer Rouge, most of them pretended they didn’t even know that there was any killing going on. Some of them just blamed the whole thing on Pol Pot or other people who were already dead. Others even said that it was enemy agents from the CIA and the KGB. So, only a few members of the Khmer Rouge were ever…

were exiled from their lands. Snowball was run off of the farm by Napoleon’s dogs, the violently trained dogs the Berkshire pig had since they were puppies. This is similar to Trotsky, because he was forcefully exiled from Russia by Joseph Stalin’s KGB, an endlessly loyal group of Russians that acted as the police during the time of his rule. “He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close on his heels. Suddenly he slipped and it seemed certain that they had him. Then he was up…

Aldrich Ames was born on May 26th, 1941 in River Falls, Wisconsin. Aldrich was the son of Carleton Ames whom was the Director of Operations Branch in Virginia. Aldrich worked as a handyman and file clerk during his sophomore year in high school. Aldrich attended the University of Chicago, but upon receiving failing grades, he ended up withdrawing from the university. Aldrich started working as cleric for the CIA. After five years, Aldrich completed his bachelor’s degree in history at the George…

Squealer spoke so persuasively and the dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions." (58) This quote from the novella shows how Napoleon uses the dogs, the representation of the KGB, and the pig Squealer as propaganda in order for the farm animals to accept his decisions for the farm. "When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any…

The last theme that is expressed in Animal Farm is class distinction or class hierarchy. Throughout the book there are many examples of class hierarchy. One example of class hierarchy is expressed on chapter 8. .In chapter 8 the most protruding expression of class hierarchy is exemplified through the text. In the text George Orwell states, “Napoleon inhabited separate apartments from the others. He took his meals alone, with two dogs to wait upon him, and always ate from the Crown Derby dinner…

record of angering people through his decisions as Russia’s president, but nothing angered people more than his ban on adoption for the United States. He was born October 7, 1952 in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1975, he earned a law degree and became a KGB intelligence officer until 1990. Then, in August 1999 Putin became Russia’s Prime Minister. In December of that same year, Yeltsin, the current president of Russia, resigned as president and Putin became the next president of Russia. He was…

History and Fiction “Animal Farm”, a novel by George Orwell is considered to be one of the most popular books nowadays, but in the time when it was written and published a big part of the population could not understand the main idea. They thought that the actions described in it were meant to take directly, so it was often read to children and was considered as an ordinary fable. This was a very big mistake of the society, because this novel is not just an ordinary fable. It has a very deep…

Doctor Zhivago does a great job of portraying this through the lens of poets, KGB officers, doctors, revolutionaries, and political insiders. The movie shows the terrors of the revolution without minimizing the sufferings of the people beforehand and does give some legitimacy for a revolution, but clearly shows the problems with…