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    send it to Moscow as quickly as possible. Hitler then detonates the 10 kiloton bomb 1,000 feet above Moscow on February 29th, 1944, and absolutely demolishes the city. The effects are then observed by Russia and reported to the Allies. Russia has completely lost Moscow and immediately pulls to its borders and defends with what little government and military left. This weapon strikes fear into every country and Germany immediately takes credit and threatens that the destruction of Moscow will…

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    Who Is Stanislav Petrov?

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    Matt Damon . However, Petrov lived in a small town outside Moscow and died in relative obscurity on 19 May, his death becoming the headline in Russia and abroad months later, when a German friend wrote a blog entry on his death. In September 1983, Petrov was a watch officer in a secret command center south of Moscow when an alarm…

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    Realism: Realism is a literary movement which began in France in middle of nineteen century. It deals with the themes and ideas associated with daily life. A realistic picture of society with issues related to common man and social and cultural system are portrayed as it is. Realism was the reaction against “Romanticism” where life is depicted with all its harsh and soft realities, where relations and situations are presented without idealizing, flattering or romanticizing. It deals specially…

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    Borodino, Napoleon personally led the Central French army in crossing the Niemen River when nearly 286,000 people, but at the beginning of the campaign but only 161,475 people, most of the soldiers died of hunger and disease. Other most famous is Moscow fire in September 1812, September 7, the French army with the Russian defense…

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    born January 5th 1863 in Moscow, Russia. He was an Actor, a Director, and a Producer. His grandmother was a French Actress, and his family loved Drama, so he grew up in the world of Theatre. He first mounted the stage at 14, after his family organised a theatre group named the "Alekseyev Circle”. Stanislavski believed theatre should educate the public. At 25 he married Maria Perevoshchikova, who eventually became an actress under the name of Lilina. In 1898 he founded the Moscow Art Theatre with…

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    approximately 500,000 troops were in the operation. About 500 Czechs and Slovaks were wounded with 108 killed in the invasion. Resolution Warsaw Pact had victory, and put a stop to this invasion. As the results, Moscow Protocol was signed by the political leaders of Czechoslovakia in Moscow. The negotiations were held from 23 to 26 August, 1968, which is not far from the day of invasion. Czechoslovakia promised to protect socialism in the document, along with other promises of Bratislava…

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    The locations and settings in literature reflect the internal feelings of characters and set diversified tones for its exposition. Anton Chekhov's short story integrates scenes in Moscow, Yalta, and an unnamed provincial town called S–. The geographic distinctions and environmental disparities between Yalta and Moscow exemplify the inner alterations of two primary characters, Dmitri and Anna. Chekhov initially presents Dmitri in a detestable light, illuminating his bitterness and misogyny as he…

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    by the start of the crumble of the Soviet Union in August, many of the Chechen nationalists felt that the newly reformed Russia was at its weakest and most vulnerable, allowing them to seek independence. Not long after the attempted coup d’etat in Moscow, did Chechen militant Shamil Basayev seek to draw international attention to Chechnya through the hijacking of an Aeroflot flight to Turkey (Murphy,…

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    Why Germany Lost Ww2

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    World War II took place from 1939 to 1945. In six years, the most damages of property and human life occurred, a very horrific war in the history of mankind (1). September 1939 started with Germany attacking Poland. December 1941, British and France declare war to Germany and started the largest war. At 1945, this largest war ended when Germany and Japan surrendered to the Allies (2). The biggest reason that Germany lost World War II is because they were undergoing two fronts in war. Adolf…

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    ever seen in my life. The dimension of this painting is 110 x 147 inches. It was made by a very famous Russian painter named Konstantin Makovsky in 1887 and it was completed in Russia. Konstantin Makovsky was born on june 20th in moscow. In 1851 Makovsky got into Moscow school of paintings where he stayed on the top and always stayed number 1 student . There are two types of this painting, one is larger which is placed at legion of honor in san francisco and the smaller one approximately about…

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