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    quote, Sergei explains how his sister has severe lung cancer, and how she might die. He uses his first wish to save his sister from cancer. Secondly, Sergei has had a very traumatic childhood through the KGB. From the passage page five, “In Russia, when Sergei was young, it happened plenty. The KGB felt right at home knocking on his door. His father had been a Zionist, which was pretty much…

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    Stalin used the KGB. The KGB was known as the “secret police” because they were spies. The text states “The KGB was the world’s largest spy and state-security machine, involved in all aspects of life of everyday people in the Soviet Union. The KGB was a secretive and secluded organization, and it has been said that, “Its doors are shut tightly to the public.” (Cold War.org). Stalin used this tactic a lot and the KGB was very violent because many people were killed. Since the KGB was very…

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    Snowden A Traitor

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    “Snowden Is Not A Traitor”, Says Putin Vladimir Putin, the Russian President has disclosed to Oliver Stone that he believes that Edward Snowden, the former United States (US) National Security Agency contractor is not a traitor, but was wrong to leak US classified information. American film director, Oliver Stone had interviewed Putin as part of his upcoming four-part documentary series and the Russian leader aired his views about intelligence gathering. He said the National Security Agency…

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    Gutkind 61-68 After reading Gutkinds 61-68 I leaned a lot more information that I could put into my own works that would make them better and more creative. I really took a lot from the paragraph that talked about geography and travel. This paragraph stated that information about location can add substantive and allow you to connect to more readers. I realized that this paragraph speaking about location could also be applied to much more than just travel and location. Connecting with the reader…

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    Kourdakov began realizing about the cruelty and corruption of the communist organization of the soviet union and knew that the organization and KGB would not leave him alone until he came back to Russia to persecute the christians and operate in the communist organization again ,so he decided to flee from the ship when there was a big uproar near the Canadian…

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    worked as a scientist, left their family. Yulia earns most her family’s money through the black market. One day she was confronted by a pair of twins who tried to take her away. She ran to her house to find it empty. She was then taken away to join the KGB, a government organization much like the CIA but fictionalized. Yulia always knew she was special and her unbelievable story unfolds through the book “Sekret” Yulia is brave, caring, and. intelligent.…

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    Communism In Russia

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    Communism: Communism is a political theory and social system which disbands the concept of private property and allows for communal sovereignty in areas of production; communism is also known as the purest form of socialism. Karl Marx, the founder of communism, described a communistic society as one where labor and distribution of resources would be based upon his principle, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” (“Communism”). Vladimir Lenin, a follower of Marx and…

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    Robert Hanssen Psychology

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    Robert Philip Hanssen, born April 18, 1944 to police officer Bob Hanssen, was one of the most damaging spies in United States history (Deep Inner Conflicts). Raised in Chicago, he would later attend Knox College where he received an AB degree in Chemistry. Next, in 1966, he would attend Northwestern University. Initially studying to become a dentist, he would decide to instead pursue a degree in Accounting and Information Systems. While in college, he would also take classes on the Russian…

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    Stalin's Personality

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    the Soviet Gulag labour camps were rehabilitated and reintegrated into Soviet society. The Criminal Code of 1958 helped establish people’s courts and limited the powers of the KGB. The people’s courts protected the people from being unfairly judged by the KGB. They practiced simple law and enforced communist morality. The KGB was no longer allowed to be both judge and punisher, only the courts would be allowed to issue sentences on Soviet citizens. These courts required hard evidence and had…

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    the other inmates and prison guards. Since Worm has been locked up Mike has quit the game of cards and is now driving a delivery truck to make money to pay for law school. This is because in one game Mike lost 30 thousand dollars to a member of the KGB. Since then he has retired from the game and no longer gambles. With Worm being out of jail and around, Mike is…

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