crime group is loosely structured, without a hierarchy because the groups are normally formed on the basis of regional background or built around a particular enterprise (Abadinsky, 2013). In addition, one group may consist mostly of immigrants from Kiev. However, another may group consist mostly of Georgians. A group may organize to extort money from local suppliers or operate a gasoline tax evasion scheme. Also, Russian organized crime differs because criminals with the group mistrust each…
Pursuing a nursing career My full name is Lyubov Mogilenko although, most people just call me Luba. I was born on November 19,1987, which means this year I will be turning 30 years old. I was born in Kiev, Ukraine and came to the United States at the age of 9. I am very grateful that my family could become United States citizens and pursue a life here. Both of my parents were hard workers working low paying jobs that required long hours to provide everything for my sister and me.…
Malamud can be decisively agreed upon to be the horrific (and ever prevalent) treatment of minorities. This novel deals with a wrongly accused and convicted Jewish man living in Russia. Yakov Bok is a simple handyman, and excluding living and working in Kiev without passports he has done little wrong in his life. Despite this, the entirety of the novel takes place in jail, with Yakov Bok being the prisoner. He is convicted with the charge of mutilating and murdering a young boy. Although he did…
The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens’ Archipenko: A Modern Legacy, on view from January 28 to April 17, 2016 in Jacksonville, Fl, was organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C., in collaboration with the Archipenko Foundation. Featuring approximately 50 sculptures, mixed media reliefs and works on paper, Archipenko: A Modern Legacy offers a comprehensive assessment of Alexander Archipenko's artistic career. Organized chronologically to walk the viewer through the artistic…
January 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945 was a time in history that we will remember forever. The Holocaust, started by one man that people elected to run Germany. Adolf Hitler changed Germany and not for the good, but people still followed him and still respected him. Although the world is a little different now, how are we still preventing from another Holocaust happening? One thing we can do is, have everyone learn all the details about the Holocaust. From all the concentration camps to all the gas…
Document in the Form of A Novel by A. Anatoli Kuznetsov is a firsthand account of the Nazi occupation of Kiev from 1941 to 1943. Kuznetsov presents that he had began documenting events of the occupation since he was fourteen years old. The book describes the end of Soviet rule in Ukraine to Soviet liberation and the aftermath of Kiev following the Second World War. The book centers around Kiev with special attention focused on the ravine of Babi Yar where firstly Jews were brutally murder and…
speaks, but the effects he chooses to use in the video if you take a close detailed look at it. He speaks with love, passion and truth in his passage. In the beginning of the video there are several small details the poet uses to express himself. Kiev chooses to grunt multiple times; I believe he is trying to show it takes true effort to write these feelings within himself. He then uses a shovel to dig a box for himself. This representing him setting the stage for himself before he speaks. The…
Considered the greatest conquerors of their time Alexander of Macedonia and Genghis Khan seized more land and population during their rule. These men had major influences on the world with the civilizations that they built for their empires. Both Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great share numerous similarities but also bring in multiple differences in their civilizations. The armies of both Alexander and Genghis Khan were considered the greatest of their times which helped grow their empires.…
work in another. In 1941, Hitler disregarded the pact and attacked the Soviet Union. Germany wanted to make an eastern push, so they decided to attack Ukraine in 1941 (2). On the first day when Germany attacked Ukraine’s borders, Ukrainian cities Kiev, Odessa, and Lviv were bombed, as part of Hitler’s “lightning warfare” tactics (1). Very powerful German armies proceeded through Ukraine, capturing massive territories there. It is said that in some cities in Ukraine, the citizens did not even…
verse that shows this is; “There was no enemy you see Only the doubt in you and me I know the sun will shine thru winter time I pray the rain may someday end the flame” (Hart) The majority of the chorus consists of people telling him to “shoot komrade Kiev” (Hart), but he sees that the Russian people are not the real enemy, they are just the unfortunate victims of a cruel and corrupt government. He prays that one day that the war will end, or possibly that the Russian people will no longer have…