Russian Mafia

Perry, before the time of Peter the Great, the country of Russia was sheltered and only familiar with their own language and culture. They were “void of learning” (doc 8) and did not make an attempt to aid their own ignorance. He also describes the Russian people as “wary and cautious to keep out all means that might bring [learning] in, less their ignorance should be discovered” (doc 8). The document conveys how isolated and uneducated Russia was before the time of Peter the Great. However, as…

The Russian Revolution was a series of events that destroyed the Tsarist autocracy, and created the Soviet Union. Many of the events that lead to this were such as the February revolution, the October revolution and the Russian Civil War. These three revolutions took place between March 8, 1917 and October 1922. The Russian revolution made a huge impact on many countries around the world as Russia began a new era under the Soviet Union. The first revolution that took place in Russia was the…

kill small animals, sometimes throwing them of the balcony of these castles to splatter on the ground below. When he came of age, Ivan researched was to ensure that his rule would not be question nor usurped, to answer this, he became the first Russian ruler to declare himself tsar in Russia’s history. This shocked some of the nobles, being tsar meant that he believed instead of being chosen by the community, that he was chosen by god and that his rule was absolute. He later chose his wife…

The historical events that took place prior and after the Russo-Japanese War are very important/significant to analyze the eloquent contribution towards the Russian Revolution of 1905. The Russian Revolution was not only based on the outcome to the Russo-Japanese War, rather a collective conflict which arose way before the war. Russia was no where near a perfect nation, more like a struggling nation. Their political ideology, and politics in general as well as their rising population created…

The introduction of industrialism into Russia was not a wise move for the survival of the Tsardom because it eventually led to the end of the tsar, but it was a wise move for Russia. Alexander II, the Russian Tsar from 1855 to 1881, introduced the beginnings of industrialization into Russia. Although the reforms that Alexander made were small, they will spark the rise of the third greatest industrial power in the World. This was a great move for bettering Russia, but will lead to the downfall…

This paper is about Russian Intellectuals. There are a lot of things to talk about on this topic, but to save some time here is a short list of the information. First is what the word intellectuals is and how it was for the people and government of Russia. Second would be about the first Intelligently and how it started, under the Soviet rule and many other things. Third would be about Russia’s Intellectual problem or problems, and fourth is Origins of Russian Intellectual Culture. Fifth and…

to criticize the Russian Orthodox Church while others believe that it was criticizing the Vladimir Putin and the Russian government. Jeffrey Tayler, Leonid Storch, and Sergei Prozorov are among those people trying to solve what message Pussy Riot was really trying to send. Jeffrey Tayler is an American writer and Russian correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly. Soon after the Pussy Riot performance in 2012 he wrote an article that…

the 7th of September 1812 near the western side of Moscow. As a Russian artilleryman and a devoted soldier of the motherland, I witnessed how Napoleon had an intention to invade the Russian country with an aim of making the Russians to declare war. He wanted to show the Russians that the French were strong and that he would defeat the Russians in a decisive manner. This military strategy according to Napoleon would force the Russians to come to the peace table. According to my observation as a…

War outlined the flaws in the presiding system and highlighted Russia’s faults, and thus placed a spotlight upon the shortcomings of the Russian leadership. Such pressure prompted the Tsars and other leaders to react and change in order to appease a nation on the brink of an oncoming revolution therefore Trotsky’s statement that ‘war was a locomotive of Russian history’ is true as it led to significant changes such as the Emancipation of the Serfs and the Abdication of Tsar Nicholas.…

The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Duma: Russian Assembly.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 03 Dec. 2015.The article about the Russian Assembly called The Duma found in the Encyclopedia of Britannica contained an extreme amount of information. The article starts out by explaining what the Duma is. The article states, “The Duma constituted the lower house of the Russian parliament, and the State Council was the upper house.” The Duma was appointed by Czar Nicholas II…