Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. ... Stalin's job was, basically, to manage relations between the various ethnic groups of the former Russian Empire and to develop some sort of coherent policy toward the questions of national secession and civil rights. ... Russia was in the midst of a civil war between the Bolsheviks and a number...

• Word Count: 7507
• Approx Pages: 30
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The year 2001 was extremely important for both USA and Russia political life. ... Vladimir Putin during his speech in Munich accused USA of overusing the terms of democracy and peace to pursue particular interests of the US. ... Worth mentioning is a fact that at that time people started to talk about the beginning of a New Cold War. ... What is more important, this brings back a popular belief that Russia had a possibility to change borders using its power, yet they did not do that. ... The first quarter after the end of the Civil War was more of mutual cooper...

• Word Count: 2773
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During this period, the Social Democrats split into two factions, the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Lenin, and the Mensheviks. ... 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. ... Even during the war, he made inflexible demands of his new allies, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain and President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States. ... This brief swell of dissent only shows how egregiously people still misunderstood the nature of Stalin's rule. ... (It is important...

• Word Count: 5151
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Memories of help given to the counter revolutionaries during the civil war only helped to highlight the potential disputes. ... By 1926, pre war production levels had only just been achieved after the huge damage to Russia's infrastructure inflicted by the First World War and the civil war. ... Dissatisfaction was building among those who fought the civil war for the reds. 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 more important officials to object to it. ... To...

• Word Count: 5589
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the Cold War period there existed an 'invisible wall' in the Sea of Japan. The Cold War ended about 10 years ago. ... During the period of the former Soviet Union the Far East was placed a resource base and a munitions-producing base for a whole country. ... The Railways were subsidized by the State budget during the socialist period. ... The another aspect relates to the end of the Cold War. ...

• Word Count: 3602
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Remark during a visit to the U.S. ... It ended a long civil war against the remnants of the old Czarist military system and established institutions in government. ... Millions of people were arrested and either harassed or killed. ... During this period the Second World War broke out and drained most of what was left of the already impoverished state. ... Stalin was named a war hero. ...

• Word Count: 3016
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ethnic and nationalist questions plagued the Soviet Union and continue to stress the Russia Federation during its nascent period. ... But in typical Yeltsin contradictory manner, the war in Chechnya has demonstrated the worst of the Yeltsin regime. ... The war was connected more with the struggle for power in Moscow than with either economic or ethnic factors. ... Lilia Shevtsova considers the Chechnyan war a byproduct of the Yeltsin regime's reliance on personal politics. ... These include questions of international recognition, Russian implemented economic pressures, and deva...

• Word Count: 4108
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography

For centuries, religion has played a very important role in the cultural background of the many different ethnic groups in Russia. ... During World War II, openly expressing Christian beliefs was allowed, since the government wanted to gain support of Christian nations in the fight against fascism. As the war ended, restrictions were once again put on expressing such beliefs. ... The revived Russian nationalism movement has recognized the Russian Orthodox Church as an important element in Russian culture. ... Traditions connected with cuisine are an important part in the life of the Russian ...

• Word Count: 4632
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

Christiana Lodder confirms in Art of the Soviets this revolutionary step in including art as a major collation within the government when she explains "Lenin's Plan For Monumental Propaganda [is] immensely important because for the first time art was directly harnessed to the service of the state and its ideology" (16). ... His plan embraced the arts and drew up concrete foundational concepts to propagandize new communist ideology and implement it into the hearts and minds of the people. ... A utopian future lay ahead of the people for Russian and for this moment in history a vision of...

• Word Count: 4641
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate