Moscow

Russian winter takes on a patriotic role of the main combatant against the invading French and serves as an indictment of the folly of Napoleon’s invasion, in that even with his unparalleled Grande Armee outmatching the Tsar’s forces and capturing Moscow, he could not defeat the Russian land and its people. Vereshchagin animosity towards the Russian establishment shaped the subject of the series because in order to truthfully depict the conflict with his initial focus on the Russian people he…

Diversity The cult of diversity bears no relation to tolerance or inclusion, in reality, the complete opposite. Affirmative action and social justice provides manufactured collectivised group identity, to the exclusion of others. The insidiousness of diversity lies not in its theory, but in the current practice of destroying traditional indigenous culture in all aspects of social institutions. Diversity, presented as propaganda, depicts the exoticism of differences in culture (Fig 1).…

The Worldwide Contrast on Gay Rights Imagine, a person trying to get married to their closest lover: you see them every day, that is until they are killed for their love. Around the world, gay people have been struggling to live, not having any sort of movement until recent centuries. This movement has started in a couple of countries; however, in comparison countries without a movement have terrible conditions for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transexual (LGBT) people. Gay rights have generally been…

The beginning of the end of the Cold war stated in Jimmy Carter’s presidency, and finally ended in Bill Clinton’s presidency. Throughout the time period, each president had a different approach to ending the Cold War. In the end, it was the little contribution made by each of the presidents in this era that lead to the end of the Cold War. In 1977, Jimmy Carter was elected President of the United States. This was a couple years after the U.S. finally ended its 12 year war with Vietnam. After…

was born in 1891, in Sontsovka, Ukraine. Growing up, Prokofiev played piano and was taught by some of the most profound musicians of the classical era such as: Lyadov, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Nicolai Myaskovsky. Once he graduated he began performing in Moscow, his Alma Mater, and then all over Western Europe. Throughout this time he progressed as an artist and continued to compose more and more music. Prokofiev started on the Russian musical scene with piano oratorios like Sarcasms and Vision…

Examination 4 During the early and mid-twentieth century, America was viewed as a militant powerhouse to be reckoned with. Although America was respected for its military by foreign countries, the country faced its own racial struggles. These struggles were seen and ridiculed by foreign countries, especially by Russia. Porgy and Bess was sent to Russia to not only regulate the communist agenda but also to show Russia and the world that America took care of the blacks in its country. Although…

In his book, Benjamin Valentino talks about mass killing and genocide, the perpetrators of such killings and the ethics behind it whilst focusing on mass killings that happened due to certain purposes such as the communist killings in The Soviet Union, Cambodia and China and counter guerilla mass killings in Afghanistan and Guatemala. In the first few chapters of the book, Valentino dwells into why mass killings take place and why they are perpetrated. Mass killings have been done against a…

Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo was born in October 16, 1936, in the village of Yablochnoye, a part of Ukrainian state of the USSR during Stalin’s regime ( Serial Killers: Unmasked par 2). Ukraine being the “breadbasket” of the Soviet Union, Stalin’s agricultural collectivization polices brought famine and starvation in the village during Chikatilo childhood (McCarthy par 2). He was forced to eat grass and leaves to stay alive, and had not tasted bread till he was 12 (Goss, Gray & Villalvazo par…

with America when he threatened, and ultimately undertook, reforms that would harm American-owned property in the country. The increasingly hostile relationship with the U.S. provided an opening for the Soviet Union. Castro formed trade ties with Moscow and as Cuba grew closer to the USSR, relations with Washington deteriorated further. The U.S. revoked its diplomatic recognition of Cuba at the beginning of 1961. However, as Castro's regime increased trade with the Soviet Union,…

On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro assumes power of Cuba after leading the Communist revolution with Che Guevara and the rebel army overthrows President Fulgencio Batista. Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their Communist policies, and a Communist State was set up with Russian backing. Fidel Castro allowed the USSR to deploy nuclear missiles on the island, which caused the U.S. to terminate diplomatic relations with Cuba in January of 1961. By April of the same year, a group of…