Siberia

Ruta Sepetys’s novel Between Shades of Gray is set across Eurasia during World War II, from the Baltic Sea to Laptev Sea, from Lithuania to Siberia. Initially, the reader is introduced to a cozy, sleeping home with an “evening breeze float[ing] through the open window” (Sepetys 3). However, the peace in interrupted by “an urgent booming” (Sepetys 4), the NKVD’s fists pummeling the wooden door, intending to capture the Vilkas family and toss them in a train to a work camp. “The wet smell of feces…

Stalin’s rule, three million people opposed communism and were sent to labour camps in Siberia. (Joseph Stalin: National Hero or cold-blooded murderer)“...81 of the 103 generals and admirals are executed. The secret police strictly enforce Stalinism and people are encouraged to inform on one another. Three million people are accused of opposing Communism and sent to the gulag, a system of labour camps in Siberia.” Stalin was able to force three million people into camps because of Stalin’s…

An individual has a higher chance of getting hit by an asteroid (1 in 700,000) in their lifetime, than they have winning the Powerball (1 in 185,000,000). However, it is still very unlikely, that such an event will happen during our time on Earth. After all, there are between 1.1 and 1.9 million asteroids in the Asteroid Belt, between Mars and Jupiter (“Asteroids: In Depth” 2). Who is to say one of those massive asteroids will not go on a collision course with Earth, and cause another…

with him when he visited the Earth, and decided to put Tantalum in one area, and uranium in another area. However, when he reached Siberia, his hands were too cold, which made him drop all of the elements. Then, God left Siberia without picking up the elements, as his fingers were too frozen to move. The Russians believe that the act of God dropping elements in Siberia is the reason for the wealth of minerals in…

army. Unfortunately, the best lands of the Ukraine were held by some very successful, nationalist Ukrainian farmers who refused to fall in line. To garner control of these areas the KGB under Stalin would begin with mass arrests and deportation to Siberia with whispers of killings to follow. Most of these would be family members of prominent farmers in areas Russia hoped to control. Still this was not enough to break the Ukrainians. When these actions were not enough Stalin would escalate his…

Trotsky who wanted to spread the revolution around the world but Stalin argued that the party must protect and rebuild Russia first. By using his supporters and creating deals with other powerful members of the party, Stalin got Trotsky exiled to Siberia and fifteen years later, he got him killed by his secret police. Stalin even purged his own members because he felt they were a threat to his leadership and also killed all the original Bolsheviks in these purges who worked for him and fought…

saw fit. Vyacheslav’s original last name was Skryabin, but changed it to Molotov which literally meant the hammer. Molotov was arrested and banished twice in his lifetime, once to Vologda Province, and the second time to the province of Irkutsk in Siberia. In about 1930, Molotov became the Council of People’s Commissars, i.e. the Prime Minister (“Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov”). Vyacheslav Molotov, a Russian man who was…

The history of life goes back over a million of years ago. The earliest evidence of humans in Europe, date about 1.8 million years ago (Smiley 2016, unit 11). Many years later, a partial skeleton was found and it was pretty evident that it belonged to an extinct human our closest evolutionary relative (Paabo, 2006). Many species have evolved and changed to what we call modern man. The Neanderthals and the Denisovans are very similar to modern man and are frequently referred to as “early modern…

account of a murder and its consequences. Raskolnikov is the murderer, and the novel describes his guilt, suffering, and redemption. Sonya, a prostitute and a devout Christian, convinces Raskolnikov to confess, and out of her love, follows him to Siberia where he serves hard labor. Raskolnikov’s sister, Dunya, is pursued by Svidrigailov, a vile man with terrible habits. The subconscious drives of these characters emerge through their actions, causing irrational behavior and dire consequences.…

Joseph Stalin Joseph Dzhugashvili (Stalin) was the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a poor society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign. Stalin, was born in Gori, Georgia on 21st December, 1879. Stalin's mother, a devout Russian Orthodox Christian, wanted him to become a priest. In 1888, she managed to…