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Peter the Great’s inspiration from successful western education and ideas helped him to create a period of progress and prosperity for Russia. First of all, according to the account of John 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…

Believer of Communism, Leon Trotsky was a Russian Marxist and Soviet politician that led the revolutionary win of the Bolshevik Party in October 1917. Leon Trotsky was the founder and leader of the Red Army, but his revolutionary activity began from a young age. Trotsky was known for being a prolific writer that informed people about his opinions on the aspects of the Russian Revolution and government through numerous journals and articles. Although a comrade and close companion of Vladimir…

Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most influential geopolitical events of the 20th century. The success of the Revolution resulted in the collapse of a centuries-old absolutist monarchy, the destruction of the Romanov dynasty, and promised a new state built upon the ideas of the dictatorship of the proletariat. However, this was not to be, as the legacy of the revolution turned out to be the rise of one of the most oppressive totalitarian regimes in history. It also brought to the world…

Before discussing any composers, the greatest thing to happen in Russian music was the building the city of St. Petersburg (later Petrograd, then Leningrad). St. Petersburg since the city’s beginning has been the cultural center of Russia. Many consider Mikhail Glinka to be the “father” of Russian Music. Glinka is most known for his two operas; “A Life for the Tsar” and “Ruslan and Lyudmila”…

protagonist begins by encountering the Golden One, a farmer in the Home of Peasants, even though the society has a rule forbidding men to take notice of women. He thinks he is odd for thinking of that particular woman before the Time of Mating. Equality states that the mating is “an ugly and shameful matter, of which we do not like to think”, which already reveal his disappointment and frustration he feels towards the society for selecting a man and woman to mate in order to create positive…

consequences on the society. Peter began to continually attack those who were not nobles or rich by adding additional taxes that forced peasants to the same level as serfs. These individuals became known as state peasants. Peter also began to control the nobles more by forcing them to serve the state either in a military or civilian…

Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (1762)” (Perry, et al., 2016). John Locke showed a very liberal form of ideals and wanted there to be more natural rights and equality, and that for people to understand politics, they must understand the state of nature (Bristow, 2010). Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu didn’t want democracy or Locke’s ideals; he wanted a there to be a more balanced government, rather than a monarchy (Perry, et al., 2016). Jean Jacques Rousseau was all for democracy,…

discussed in this paper. He did this primarily through three different fronts: the military, government, and religion. When he passed away in 1725, Russia had the largest army of Europe, with over three hundred thousand troops. Compared to the initial state of the Russian military, which was completely elementary, the new military was one of the reasons why Russia was able to increase in world power quickly in order to compete with other European nations. To complement the rise in military,…

“To what extent did World War 1 contribute to the Russian Revolution?” In 1914 the ‘Great War’ began, there were many nations who were involved in the conflict, such as Germany, England, Ottoman Empire, and the most backwards country out of them, Russia. During World War 1, most of the countries involved were democratic and their people had basic human rights. Russia was two centuries behind the rest of the world because of its absolute monarchy who refused to make concessions for the population…

The book Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory for the Russian Revolution of 1917. Animal Farm and the Russian revolution have many similarities and differences. Many of the characters from the story represent very important historical figures from the Russian revolution. Most of the events from the book are actual events from the Russian revolution. Not all events that happen in the book Animal Farm and actual events from the Russian revolution but most are. In my opinion the…