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The name of Keith Haring needs no introduction. The American artist, often titled among the most influential figures of the 20th century art, was born in 1958 in Reading (Pennsylvania) and died in 1990 in New York. Haring started his art education at the Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh, later continued at the School of Visual Arts in New York (1978). There it became possible to young Haring to irreversibly transform visual arts and erase the borders between fine and street art. The…

In order to prove that Troy, the ancient city in Homer's Iliad, was true, an amateur German archeologist named Heinrich Schliemann excavated a hill, Hissarlik, in, back then, the Ottoman Empire, in the year 1871. He found which is believed to be Troy, and several other cities from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. And either on or about May 27, 1873, Schliemann reported, "In excavating this wall further and directly by the side of the palace of King Priam, I came upon a large copper article of…

Joseph Stalin had a huge impact on World War 2. The Nazi-Soviet Pact he made with Hitler gave him opportunity to improve his country’s strategic position along the western border without getting caught up in any conflicts. When Hitler took over Poland, Soviet troops took over the eastern half they agreed to share. U.S.S.R. later pursuated the Baltic States(Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) to allow the Soviet’s inside their borders. Stalin tried doing the same with Finland but the Red Army…

On May 18, 1539 our expedition began at florida we were off looking for goods. We are traveling with 600 men and we do not have very much supplies with us. We are looking for supplies right now. We brought some pigs and horses over with us. We were sent over here looking for gold, slaves, and land. Our leader is Hernando De Soto. Hernando De Soto was born in Extremadura, Spain on October 21, 1496. Some solider who knew Hernando De Soto when they were little told me that his family was poor and…

John F. Kennedy Assassination Theories What really did happen to John F. Kennedy? Was he shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald or was it something else? Many historians, politicians, and everyday people have their own take on what really happened on November 22, 1963.There are many different theories and possibilities that people concoct. Some involve the Vice President at the time Lyndon B. Johnson, the Mafia, Cuban President Fidel Castro, and even the CIA. If all of these conspiracies…

communist Russia. The novel spans many years, following the life of the protagonist, Yuri Zhivago. It begins when Yuri is a young boy and depicts both his mother and father’s demise. He then lives with his uncle, and later goes to a university in Moscow to become a doctor. While there, he meets a woman named Tonya, with whom he marries and has a son named Sasha. Yuri is stationed in a nearby town as a medical officer, where he meets Larissa Antipov; he is very infatuated with her, but he won 't…

Devoted to defending Petrograd by arming workers and organising solders, the Bolsheviks are its leading creators and commanders. • October 10: Having gained a majority in the Petrograd and Moscow Soviets, the Bolshevik Central Committee vote 10-2 in favour of Lenin's demand to seize power (he is present, in disguise). No timetable is set, but a 2nd All Russian Congress of Soviets is to be organised so it can also vote. • October 15-18: Antonov-Duseenko…

express happy thoughts through painting to hopefully bring joy into one's lives. Kandinsky's contribution of paintings filled with shapes and colors helped change society's perspective of the world after the war. Kandinsky was born in 1866 in Moscow, Russia into a wealthy family of mixed ethnicity. Most of his childhood was spent in Odessa, a very populated city in Ukraine.…

Joshua Stobbe October 2017 Communism Albert Zhuravlev About the author: Albert Zhuravlev was a Russian citizen living in Moscow. He was one of many who did not agree with communism. He wrote this because communism took everything that he had, as well as his family. The year 1929, and Russia has a new dictator. His name is Joseph Stalin, and how he imposes communism cruelly. Communism is now worse than before. Communism is when the government decides what you get, what products you sell and…

He inspired people to think beyond the nation's conformity, he acknowledge that the world, no doubt, has a lot of problems, and there is always some need for change and progress to fix them. Tsoi`s song “We want changes” has been an inspiration to me in different ways. It helped me to understand that in order to improve our lives we have to force ourselves to undergo difficult changes. Wanting the “impossible” is sometimes discouraging but after a while when we work hard and stay true to…