The recent arrest and jailing of one of Russia's wealthiest men Mikhail Khodorkovsky, head of oil giant Yukos has caused a ripple in the Russian economy, and Russia's economy is still facing the backlash of the arrest. ... The basis for most cultures begins with religion so we will begin to explore the history and involvement of Russia's religions. ... The revived Russian nationalism movement has recognized the Russian Orthodox Church as an important element in Russian culture. ... Other parts of Russian culture involve their folktales. Story telling is a world-renowned aspec...

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The German official history of war asserts that Tannenberg was the greatest battle of encirclement in world history. ... The Germans had ended Russia's invasion of East Prussia before it had begun. ... Russia's plan for battle was very simple. ... The Russians were very successful in the beginning. ... This provided Russia with the opportunity to win the conflict. ...

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Tensions between Russia and the West have been high throughout history. ... Russia lost and tensions grew between the two. ... As soon as the war ended, the relations between America and Russia cooled. ... These communist countries became satellites of Russia, nothing more than provinces of Russia. ... To Westerners, this Russian advance exceeded their worst fears. ...

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Serfdom was the fundamental institution of feudal Russia. ... Not all serfs experienced the same conditions in Russia. ... Serfdom is the Russian form of feudalism. ... Moreover, Russia's defeat of the French Grand Army allowed serfdom to continue in Russia. ... In the earlier years of medieval history, peasants used to have a great deal of social freedom. ...

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The role of religion has played a major part in every aspect of our world's history. ... And in early European history Christianity spread with an almost fire like pace across much of the continent. ... How a pagan king turned Christian changed the religious histories of Russia forever. ... With this death Yaropolk "the great prince, was master of all Russia"3 . ... As for Vladimir his conversion would take place in later years; to be explained later his conversion would become one of the most historical events in Russian history. ...

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Hitler would begin to read his fathers history books about Native Americans and how they were slaughtered along with reading about battles between the Germans and Russians. ... Hitler still did business with Jewish shop owners in selling his paintings, however, the roots of hate ran deep within him and they would grow even more by events soon to come, paving the way for one of the greatest tragedies in all of human history (Forman 29). ... But Hitler was already had his sights set on invading Russia. He now aimed to end the war in the west so he could concentrate on attacking communist Russia ...

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Georgians possessed their own culture and language which was very different from the official Russian language of the empire, and the young Stalin only began learning Russian when he was nine years old. ... It is reported that in his last years his ability to speak Russian deteriorated and he spoke only Georgian. The one institution that Stalin's birthplace shared with the larger Russian Empire was the Orthodox Church which Georgia actually converted more than 500 years before Russia. ... Marxism was known as the scientific socialism or better known as Communism which stated that human h...

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Von Braun and Oberth unknowingly started a new era in history, the series of technological advances, that would change the world forever. ... Twelve years later Russia launched the first successful satellite, Sputnik 1. ... After the great success of Sputnik I, Russia launched a series of other Sputniks. ... America later stepped up, and became a worthy adversary to Russia. ... (Murray 25) Among the many important dates in American history is May 25, 1961, where President John F. ...

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When he was elected, he brought youth and a relaing calm to the White House for the first time in our nation's history. ... Oswald was later revived at a Russian hospital. ... While in Russia, Oswald met his first love, Ella Germann. ... Lee and Marina married and had one child while in Russia. When Oswald grew tired of life in Russia, he asked the US embassy for help in allowing him to leave Russia. ...

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Taylor once said, "Nothing has been normal in German history except violent oscillations." ... There were delegates from twenty-seven different countries there, but the Germans and the Russians were not represented. ...

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Even though Russia and the U.S. had tension for many years, Russia is now backing the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom even though during events leading up to the war with Iraq, Russia did not back the U.S. ... The Cold War between Russia and the U.S. had many causes. ... The separation of Germany also polarized America and Russia. ... It was considered a place where history and identity could disappear in an instant. ... In the 1950's, another issue polarized America and Russia. ...

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This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... This Stalin versus Trotsky conflict led to Trotsky being eventually exiled from Russia and, ten years later in 1940, being assassinated by one of Stalin's agents. (3) Under Stalin any opposition was swiftly and brutally crushed. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... In East Germany in 1953 there were ...

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This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... This Stalin versus Trotsky conflict led to Trotsky being eventually exiled from Russia and, ten years later in 1940, being assassinated by one of Stalin's agents. (3) Under Stalin any opposition was swiftly and brutally crushed. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... In East Germany in 1953 there were ...

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This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... This Stalin versus Trotsky conflict led to Trotsky being eventually exiled from Russia and, ten years later in 1940, being assassinated by one of Stalin's agents. (3) Under Stalin any opposition was swiftly and brutally crushed. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... In East Germany in 1953 there were ...

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After learning about the Holocaust, I've asked myself many times how this could have happened. Why would anyone believe it's acceptable to massacre an entire people? This is my reasoning for writing my paper on how Christian theology influenced anti-Semitism. Much of the Holocaust appears to have it's beginning with Christian theology. I will begin my paper with the early writings of Christians and continue chronologically until after World War II. ...

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Hitler believed that the history of mankind was really only a struggle for space among peoples, and that the strong survived by gaining the necessary living space from which they could continue to grow numerically, and in terms of racial quality. ... On July 27, 1920, in line with his racial dogma Hitler stated: "An alliance between Russia and Germany can only come into existence if the Jews are removed from power." ... Though he had only a year earlier been fighting the British, Hitler believed that both peoples came from Aryan stock, far superior to Slavic Russians and treacherous ...

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Such was Tolstoy's view of Napoleon, who is considered a great figure in history but in Tolstoy's reality had little to do with influencing historical events. In War and Peace he writes, "A tsar is the slave of history." ... Their strategic planning of battlefields, calculations, and constant schemes that are presented to the Russian general Kutuzov, are subjected to mockery by Tolstoy. In Tolstoy's eyes Kutuzov is the "Russian of Russians", and only a true Russian can understand what is right for the country. ... the spirit of the movements were...

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Yossarian is not the only example of this throughout history; many political leaders have demonstrated the same. The views of Communist Russia can be compared to those of Yossarian. ... Yossarian is an example for the political minds throughout history; he represents the hidden agenda and what is kept from public knowledge. ... Stalin, the leader of Communist Russia, was very keen on keeping absolute power of his people. ... Englishmen are dying for England, Americans are dying for America, Germans are dying for Germany, Russians are dying for Russia. ...

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Furthermore, shamanism emphasized Korea's unique role in history. ... Fourthly, Confucians looked forward to the final goal of history. ... Whereas Asians deny that history has meaning or purpose, the Biblical view is that history has a goal, we are told. Oriental philosophy of history is cyclical and therefore pessimistic while Western philosophy of history is linear and optimistic. However, Confucianism holds a very purposive interpretation of history. ...

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As history has shown, empires come to ruins because of the many factors they deal with maintaining control. ... Some people would credit the defeat of Napoleon to the losses that he suffered in Russia and at Waterloo. Not only is this not entirely true, but it is just a way to avoid work on the history Napoleon made. ... From there, Napoleon went and waged war from Prussia to Russia. ... Talleyrand had also offered his services to the Tsar of Russia after the Peace of Tils...

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This is important to history because it would be very hard to imagine tens of thousands of Germans shouting "Heil Schicklgruber!" ... He continued to reread these books even as the leader of Germany; even giving copies of these books on fighting Indians to his field officers during the attack on Russia. Adolf referred to Russians as the Indians in the novels ("The Rise of Hitler"). ... Adolf quickly became obsessed with German Nationalism, because of his history teacher Dr. ... He slept on park benches and ate at charity soup kitchens (The History Place- Hitler's Boyhood). ...

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Indeed, even years later, when Stalin ruled all of Russia, she told an interviewer that she would have preferred for him to become a priest. Russia might have preferred it as well. ... It is mentioned in history that he did visit her a few times, even though he hated to travel. ... Just like other big cities in the Russian Empire, Tiflis was full of under ground political movements, which were not happy with the way things were in Russia. ... After the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia, Nadya became Stalin's personal assistant. ...

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The U.S., like Russia, was very wary of what was going on in Vietnam. ... At the time, the United States was in the midst of its own conflict with Russia, which was called the Cold War. ... In 1961, Russia began aiding North Vietnam with supplies and finances. ... America did not want Russia to have the ability to aid the Communist North without a defense brought by South Vietnam. ... North Vietnam was aided by Russia and China, but not with soldiers but with finances, supplies and weaponry. ...

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Introduction Onions don't just make people cry, they provide abundance of nutritional value and a deep rooted history which has been dated 5000 years ago (Shultz, 2010). ... The onion has a significant importance throughout history and it was consumed in countless different ways compared to today. ...

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Christianity is very practical. It is not a dead, dry, formal, human religion of rituals, outward form, and show, but a divine, living, vital, dynamic, liberating religion. The word Christian means, "Christ like", or "One follows Christ". Jesus Christ, who laid the foundation of Christian Church, w...

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