Russians

I grew up in a really strict Russian family that had a lot or rules and punishments, most of the punishments were negative. Our late dinner nights included lectures about drugs, sex and alcohol and how it was all forbidden in our culture. I was not allowed to bring boys home, having sleepovers with my girl friends, applying makeup on my face or even dying my hair until the age of 18. In 2011 two years after my arrival to Canada, I met my boyfriend and his group of friends, some of them were drug…

When in power, revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, was forced to modify his ideals with an aim to appeal to the Russian public, fix the damaged society and economy, and stay in power. The Bolshevik government, led by Vladimir Lenin, was determined to achieve power in 1917 Russia due to the incompetence and ineptitude of the Provisional Government. The Russian people resented the lack of change, therefore in April 1917, Lenin disturbed the opposition to the Government by creating a set of promises and…

with licensing requirements. These reforms helped the Russian economy to a great extent and helped Putin’s popularity thrive. “With average real GDP growth of 6.9% per year, an increase of 10.5% in average real wages, and growth of 7.9% in real disposable income all occurring within the period from 1999 to 2008, Putin has received a lot of credit for this era of ‘unprecedented prosperity’” (Johnston,…

The icy cold winter night echoed with the sounds of the rioters and protesters in Petrograd, they were angry at the terrible working conditions in the factories. Many people became very disheveled and angered once Russia entered the Great War, Russia was not very prepared for war with the much more developed German military. Everyday, there were shortages of basic necessities, food shortages, and fuel as well, not to mention, the people’s anger that millions of their soldiers had died on the…

Boris Groys. The Total Art of Stalinism: Avant-Garde, Aesthetic Dictatorship, and Beyond. Translated by Charles Rougle. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1992. 126 pp., $13.49 (paper). The Total Art of Stalinism is not only a historical book on art, but it is also a political provocation of the well-known histories of 20th century Soviet art and literature. Originally published in German, this book was the first major work of Groys to have been translated into English. This…

The Russian Orthodox Church is full of mystery and has been around for many generations. Another name that the church goes by is Eastern Orthodox Church, it's also known for being autocephalous. The Russian Orthodox Church goes by the belief of the bible to be the world of God, in other words it is Trinitarian. In the novel, Animal Farm the church is represented as " Moses" the raven. Moses comes and goes and tells the animals about "Sugar Candy Mountain." The Russian Church has been around…

Approach The Soviet 60s had similar cultural processes to those in Western Europe: it was a time of intellectual protest and liberalization. While France had the Revolution of 1968, the Soviet intellectual started liberty rights movement and in the 1970s, they were ostracized as dissidents. Strikingly, Bakhtin’s culture theory has similarities with French philosophical systems of the same time. First, his approach reminds of Foucault’s “History of Sexuality” and Guattari’s “Chaosmosis.”…

People have had a vast impact throughout history. People, especially Tsars have had a powerful effect on Russian history. Specifically, Ivan IV and Peter I have made significant impacts on Russian History. Ivan IV is also known as Ivan the Terrible. Ivan ruled through 1533 to March 18, 1584. Throughout his life, he first began to conquer remaining independent principalities such as Siberia, Kazan and Astrakhan. He also introduced self-government to the rural regions of Russia. Ivan accomplished…

DeJong-Lambert’s investigation of Muller, one of the most outspoken critics of Lysenko helps portray how Lysenko rose to power in Russian biology. Lysenko had power in Russian biology because he was supported by Stalin. Lysenko’s methods were supported by Stalin and by the 1930s, numerous collective farms had been forced to employ his methods (DeJong-Lambert 89). Muller and his research team had moved to Moscow in 1934 and were asked to help Vavilov plan the Seventh International Genetics…

The Russian Orthodox church had a small but definite role in the Russian revolution. In the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, Moses resembles the Orthodox church. Just like in the Orthodox church, Moses has a small role in the Novel, but both are still important and necessary for the overall story and place in history. Before the revolution, Russia has a great history with the church. According to a 2007 article, many years before the war, the church was in a state of flourishment in the…