The government contained him only once; his last exile in 1913 lasted until 1917. ... Petersburg) upon hearing that the February Revolution had brought about the abdication of the Tsar and the installation of the Provincial Government. ... Stalin argued strongly for the continuation of the war and for cooperation with the Provisional Government. ... On November 7, 1917 (October 25 on the Soviet calendar), the Bolsheviks seized power in a relatively bloodless coup, overthrowing the Provisional Government of Alexander Kerensky. Although Stalin apparently had no role in the October Revolution ...

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In 1917, the Russian Revolution toppled the Tsarist government. From March until November of that year, Russia was ruled by a Provisional Government, which made plans for a democratically elected assembly. ... The new government, led by Lenin, made peace with the Germans and undertook a bloody, three-year civil war, in which Stalin commanded on several fronts. ... Central to his program was the collectivization of agriculture, in which the government would redistribute the land by taking over the estates of the "kulaks", the wealthiest peasants. ... After Germany fell, he used Red Army troops ...

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Through coercive tactics this new government seized power and in 1917 Lenin came to power. ... Lenin's government made many achievements. It ended a long civil war against the remnants of the old Czarist military system and established institutions in government. ... The economic status of the Soviet Union was yet again changed and the entire system became controlled by the government. ... He was also blamed for the Russia "defeat" during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and of not accomplishing anything toward the reunification of Germany under East German rule. ...

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Russia's government has announced that it intends to liberalize liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports starting in January 2014, breaking Gazprom's absolute export monopoly. ... Russia sends about 76% of its natural gas exports to customers in Western Europe, with Germany, Turkey, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom receiving the bulk of these volumes. ... Today the two resources account for over 70% of all exports and also provide government as well as private jobs for individuals living in the area. ...

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In 1927, this was bought to the surface when the British government raided the Soviet trade mission in London. The Soviet government saw this and other signs as an indication of an anti-Communist conspiracy. Industrialisation was made out to be patriotic by the government and formed an essential pillar in Stalins cry for socialism in one country' theory which promoted building a strong and lasting socialist country. ... Stalin's drive for the five-year plans was popular throughout the lower sections of the party, and communism being the government of the workers; it was hard for the...

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In the mid of 90's Wladimir Putin former KGB officer begun expand own sphere of influences in Russia cooperated with Yeltsin government. ... Moreover there was a guarantee from US side that NATO will not expand any further than Germany and that was the thing on which Gorbachev based his foreign policy. ... The purpose here has simply been to determine whether Russian and Western observers and officials are justified in arguing that the U.S. government, and perhaps some of the other NATO governments, made a ' 'pledge'' to Gorbachev in 1990 that if the USSR consented to...

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Alexander symbolizes the gains of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, by wanting to step away from the unpredictable governmental behavior of Paul I. ... By creating this smooth governmental machine lead to maturity and progress, even while dealing with the Napoleonic wars. ... Again we see the resemblance to the French Revolution with what Speranskii believed was necessary in a government. ... He even called his government the monarchy of Montesquieu, rather than the monarchy of the Tsars, further representing the French influence. ... In 1809, he introduced "An Introductio...

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1.0 Introduction The international security has been shifted by the tectonic geopolitical role of cold war. The traditional definition is no longer sufficient to satisfy what constitute international security in the modern world full of security challenges and threat. However, some critics have argued that the traditional definition of international need to be redefined but must retain important aspect of human agency. They are great challenges facing global peace and security. For instance the rise of Islamic state in Syria and Iraq and nuclear weapon arm race between the West and Russia. ...

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The government deprived the people of their right to come and go as they pleased from their towns, and bound them to their settlements. ... Nicholas I and the government had ordered that a master could not order a serf to more than forty blows with the rod, or fifteen with the cudgel (Blum, p.428). ... Another alternative was to have him assigned to wearisome labor on a government work gang. If heavier punishment was still preferred, he had to turn the serf over to government authorities who would decide upon the sentence. ... In extreme cases, some would try to bring this to the attention of ...

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Culture Russian culture is different than other countries. Russians seem to have more of a pessimistic view in comparison to Americans. The people tend to expect things to go wrong and have learned to deal with misfortune. The religion has been Russian-Orthodox for almost 1000 years. The country is ...

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ROLES OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST AND JAPAN IN PROMOTING ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE NORTHEAST ASIA The relation between the Russian Far East and Japan is 'near and far'. In the Cold War period there existed an 'invisible wall' in the Sea of Japan. The Cold War ended about 10 years ago. Although a ten...

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Neither Britain nor France, nor even, defeated Germany could not play in the post-war period of the previous role of the guarantor of balance and stability on the European continent. ... A certain role in the development of the situation in this area has played and the position occupied by formally independent (from the USSR), the governments of Eastern European countries. ... Defeated was obvious - Germany, but contenders for laurels of winners there were many, the overall victory no one wanted to admit that predetermined the inevitability of clashes, aggravated by the incompatibility of the ...

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The importance of securing natural energy resources is taking center stage in the European Union's (EU) future plans. Turkey, a candidate for a full membership to EU, is located close to 70% of the world's oil and gas reserves. Due to it's proximity to these important resources, Turkey is in a perfect position to host a large pipeline (Nabucco Gas Pipeline) that will carry gas from the Caspian Sea to the Middle East. This would give all the countries involved a necessary alternative to the Russian supply routes - and it would become the fourth most dynamic energy corridor for Eu...

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