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History of Queensland Ballet Company The Queensland Ballet Company was established in 1960 by Charles Lisner OBE. Before establishing the Ballet Company, Charles trained and performed with Edouard Borovansky’s ballet company. Following his training with Edouard he moved to London and continued his study in dance at Sadler’s Wells Ballet School, later joining The Royal Ballet, Convent Garden. Charles established the Lisner Ballet Company in 1960 after moving back to Australia in 1953. The…

There was mounts of unrest in Russia’s industrial capital St. Petersburg because of working conditions and poor representation in the government. With wages falling and the cost of living rising, added with terrible working conditions, a poor harvest and the unexpected outcome of the Russo - Japanese war all contributed…

The Russian Revolution of 1917 has been interpreted by various historiographical positions regarding the causation and overall inevitability of the revolution. While the theory of deepening revolution, theorized by Crane Britton which suggests that the Russian revolution followed a determinist state of events leading towards a new governmental ideology, is a possible explanation for the events in 1917, the historiographical position which best explains the inevitability of the Russian revolution…

One way Czar Nicholas II and Farmer Jones are similar were that they both reacted with violence. During the revolution, the people of Russia were protesting about food shortages, a crowd of peaceful marchers stood at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg asking for civil liberties and peace, but all of a sudden, the policemen opened fired towards the crowd, killing around 130 innocent individuals which later set off more strikes and riots as the revolution went on, this day is marked as Bloody…

In the world’s past, dictators and their political systems have done things to solidify their power and to command their citizens. Dictators for example are, Louis XIV of France and Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union. The work done by these dictators and their political systems had major consequences on their citizens and their countries. Louis the XIV of France exercised the finances of France, increased the size of the French military, and removed the Edict of Nantes from French society to…

One of the many problems Russia had that led to the eventual outbreak of the Russian Revolution and the creation of the Communist Party was that they had a lot of economic issues. These economic issues troubled Russia before, during and after World War One. Russia 's army was ill- equipped. Russia did not have strong munitions industry and supplies couldn 't be shipped by the allies. Troops frequently ran out of weapons and had to wait for someone to be killed or injured to get weapons. On…

The Russian Revolution was perhaps one the most important events of the 20th century; it cannot be doubted that it had a massive influence on social ideologies and world history. The Russian Revolution, known today as a bloody and chaotic revolution, was characterized by the friction that existed between the citizens of Russia and Tsar Nicholas II. In 1917, two revolutions swept through the country, ending the imperial rule that existed. In March, the February Revolution erupted and forced…

The question of why the autocratic tsarist state of Russia fell is complex and has been interpreted in a variety of ways by historians. The fall began with the 1905 Revolution, on January 9th, or “Bloody Sunday” when a group of demonstrating workers with grievances for the Tsar were fired on by troops. Tsar Nicholas II agreed to concessions including the establishment of a State Duma. Despite these concessions, conflict and pressure continued leading to the final collapse of the tsarist system…

At this time the peasants were rising up against their feudal overlords protesting the growing economic oppression under the nobles and clergy. In 1861 the serfs were freed and issued with small amounts of land, but in return they had to pay back a sum to the government, and the result ended in a mass of small farms deeply in debt. Their life was a sharp contrast to the rich landowners, who held 20% of the land in large estates. Until 1861 they belonged to their masters, who could buy and sell…

March on the Gregorian calendar), began on March 8 1917, when female factory workers were told there was no bread, and as they had waited for hours and needed to feed their families, they rioted. The February Revolution was centred in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), and happened on International Women’s Day. It was the event that ended the Tsarist Romanov dynasty. The primary cause was food. Urban areas were particularly close to starvation, Dernsin also discusses, “Caloric intake fell by a…