Russian Enlightenment

Prompt 1 Groups of oppressed people tend to rise and either replace what they found as flawed as reformists or push for a change in the system as revolutionaries. The oppressed group of peasants in Lope de Vega’s play Fuente Ovejuna rose up against their abusive leader Commander Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, because they wanted to push for a replacement in their village’s leader and disliked his ways. The Commander mistreated the people that he ruled over to the point of denying them of their own…

and unfair; the bourgeoisie lived easily with little work while benefitting from the sweat and blood of the middle and lower class, who were mercilessly exploited. For example in 1913, peasants were rewarded for their labor in only one-third of all Russian land. In the other two-thirds, peasants had to work for landlords and received only a small fraction of the profits. However the Bolsheviks believe in communism, in which each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.…

to enact a revolution takes. Not one or two individuals, but a large group, a people. The Russian revolution in particular was power by the will of the unsatisfied people of Russian making the Russia revolution mass event. Of course in every revolution there are key players, leaders and spokesmen for the people that try to gather the majority support and be able to rule “for the good of the people.” The Russian revolution’s key players take the form of Nicholas Romanov II, Vladimir Lenin and…

In a world of constant weapons races and power struggles it is intriguing to understand how countries in close proximity to each other are not always at war. When this constant threat of war fills our daily talk and news it is important to look back on what it takes to keep nations balanced. Henry Kissinger in 1956 was intrigued by the intimacies and mechanisms of how the balance between powers occur. He looked more specifically at the Congress of Vienna, reported on what it took for Europe to…

Geography has affected many things leading up to now, it has affected in the past and will continue to affect us in the future. Geography isn’t only the shape of and and its climate but also a contribution to culture, dialect, religion. In Geography Matters it explained how geography can be a protective barrier for some, while in The Crucible the geography affects much as religion and also tradition. Lastly, Geography and its take on my life and how I have become who I am because of it.…

is usually a good signifier for not the surrounding, but when it comes to a specific location background music will not do it - accents are necessary. Thankfully, as a class we silently agreed to not have a group of Swedish teenagers attempting a Russian accent in English, and thus, it was up to the props and costumes teams to make the ambience feel authentic. As part of costumes, I took this upon me. Together with Louise, the process began by researching how…

territories. In 1724, under the Treaty of Constantinople, the Ottomans and the Russians agreed to divide the newly conquered territories…

result of Russia expanding into Siberia. By 1642, Russian traders were traveling into the amur region of northern Manchuria and were also demanding tribute from tribes that held an alliance with the Qing dynasty. Lastly, the Russians built a large stockade along the amur river. All of this disturbed china enough to send a siege force against Russia. To settle this, both countries decided to sign a peace agreement. Representatives of both the Russians and Quing dynasty met in Nerchinsk, Russia.…

Petersburg has been involved with several major events. The first event is the Russian Revolution of 1905. For a few years before 1905, various social unions protested Russia’s political and social systems, especially in favor for a republic or assembly. However, this resulted in the slaughter of peaceful protesters in the square nearby…

represented in the federal government via a congressional delegate. The territory of Alaska lasted from August of 1912 to January of 1959, when it was admitted into the Union as a US state. Purchased from the Russian Empire on March 30th, 1867 for more than 7 million USD, Alaska was a part of the Russian American colonial possessions, which endured from 1733 to 1867. Before Europeans entered the region, several indigenous groups occupied Alaska for thousands of years, including the Haida,…