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The term Ottoman is a dynastic designation which is extracted from Osman I (Arabic: ʿUthmān), who was the nomadic Turkmen leader who instituted both the dynasty and the empire about 1300. Ottoman empire dates back to 15th and 16th centuries, it was established by Turkish Tribes in Anatolia (Asia Minor). It grew as one of the most influential states in the world. The period of Ottoman remained for 600 years and it ended in 1922, when it was substituted by the Turkish Republic and several other…

of Engineering in 1712, and the School of Science in 1724. Peter’s administrative reforms were focused on bringing Russia up to Western standard and out of a “primitive era”, understanding that this required the restructuring of every part of the Russian Empire that the administrative government could control, and give the administrative government control of even more parts of the State…

First there prisons, then there were gulags, the Russian Revolution truly did create an equal country, but the only form of equality they created was equality of suffering. The Russian Revolution was a controversial event that led to a new state, the USSR. Its goals were to create a classless society where the workers, or proletariat, had control over society and the government. In order to do this, they had to take it from the business owners and landowners, the bourgeoisie. In Doctor Zhivago,…

small farm in England. The events that take place on the farm mimic that of the Russian revolution. The farm is ruled by a cruel man named Mr Jones. The animals get fed up with his cruelty and rebel. They then run the farm with Snowball and Napoleon (the farm pigs) as the leaders. Napoleon is an allegory for Stalin and Snowball is an allegory for Leon Trotsky. The actions of both characters reflect those of the Russian rulers. This essay will focus on the two characters Snowball and Napoleon and…

to tell about the Russian desire for social and political change that eventually resulted with revolts and political organizations that led to the Russian Revolution of 1917. The revolts advocated for freedom from the oppressors and the political leaders offered equal rights as a form of gaining political control of the masses. Therefore Orwell is very keen in using animals that represent people and illustrates events that symbolize the real historical happenings of the Russian Revolution at…

Insufficient knowledge or information in a country or group can bring about prolonged and unjust control of a person or government. This is all displayed in George Orwell’s 1945 novel, Animal Farm. Animal Farm alludes the events of the Russian Revolution and Russia’s times under Joseph Stalin to animals on a farm in England. In the book, the animals of Manor Farm are inspired to start a revolution to overthrow the cruel authority of Mr. Jones, the human they work for. After their successful…

Novel Animal Farm contains the theme of totalitarian society and shows how it is possible to replace idealism by dictatorial rules. From 1936 Orwell wrote just works which were against totalitarian and for democratic socialism. In the novel Animal Farm he criticized Stalin´s rules in Russia. Due to political reasons it was not a good time to criticize Russia and therefore in 1943 – 1944 many publishers in Britain and the USA refused to publish his works. Despite this fact the novel became very…

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia on 22 April 1899, was a Russian-American novelist who was also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin. Nabokov originally began writing in Russian and wrote his first nine novels in Russian. However, Nabokov achieved international prominence after he started writing in English. Vladimir's finest novel Lolita is also considered his most controversial work because of the criticism it received due to its deep and warped erotic theme.…

of the Russian Revolution due to the parallelism between characters and historical events. Orwell’s goal in writing Animal farm was to illustrate an ruthless, totalitarian government during the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the novel “Animal Farm”, Manor farm represents the setting of the revolution in Russia. The main characters from the novel were leaders such as Napoleon, Snowball, Mr. Jones and Old Major, which represents the authoritative figures during the Revolution. The Russian…

movement to greater boldness against the government. The movement challenged the officials and proved that the government had weaknesses. It triggered peasants to take a strong stand against landlords. In 1905 Russian government suffered decline of in fear and lost respect to its authority. The Russian working class was no longer an unorganized mass, restive but irresolute, in some ways hostile to all the ideas of political change. Rather, it became an organized group that moved slowly in the…