Commercial cropping and marking, and even foreign trade, most importantly silk, still largely a peasant and household operation. ... All these materials that I talked about above are very important internal conditions leading Japan to be one of imperialism countries in 20th century and into a war with Russia. ... Now imaging world map, we can easily figure out China and Korea are the closest countries to Russia. ... "The Russo Japanese War" World book Multimedia Encyclopedia, 1997 edition. 2 December 2000 invade Port Arthur, Manchuria and Korea. ... On February 10th, 1904,both nations produc...

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In a world of battling monsters, Canada seemed quiet during the constant dissension of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. ... During the end of 1940's through the 1980's, the world was hushed in fear of a battle brewing between the former war allies, United States and the Soviet Union. Here, the kings of each opposite worlds clashed. ... Here, he served for 2 years. ... This event ignited the start of the Cold War. ...

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Workers soviets, unions and Zemstvo played an important role in the early development of Russia. ... Even if the focus had not been there, the movement would have continued to exist"[2]. ... Russia the once gain basket of the world was reduced to importing grain to feed its starving population. ... " Possibly the greatest impact Stalin personally had on Russia was during the Second World War. Stalin was credited by the Russian people with the victory over the Nazi regime, this only helped to strengthen the 'Cult of personality' created by Stalin as yet another means of ...

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Prior to World War II, both Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler rose to power in their respective countries and brought about great change during their ensuing reigns. ... Although, Germany eventually lost World War II, Hitler did much more with much less in Germany when compared to Stalin. ... After World War I, Germany was the country that was most heavily affected by the global economic collapse that followed the war. ... By 1933, Hitler had turned Germany into a war machine and the phrase, "Today Germany, tomorrow the whole world "3. ... He rose to power in a Germany that had a floundering ec...

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It was the deadliest theatre of war in history causing the death of over 30 million people. ... Not people's lives," technical inferiority of the Red Army meant they were fighting a superior force for much of the war, large casualties were almost inevitable. ... The "remarkable revival of Soviet manpower" was more important to the defense of Moscow than the cold. ... Soviet innovation was also significant, the huge IS-2 tank was described as "the most effective tank of WWII." ... In Stalin's words the Eastern Front was a "war of the entire Soviet people." ...

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The decision by the government to continue the war effort was not like by the people, the reason why Kerensky wanted to keep Russia in the war was so that when they won the war he would be re-elected. ... An example of this is an unskilled worker earns 1rub-1 rub. 25 kop before the war, during the war he earns 2 rub. 50 kop. ... In the country farmers were taken from their farms to join the army and because of this the production of crops decreased, along with farmers being taken train drivers, factory workers and people of other important trades so food and produce couldn't be brought to...

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The aim is to control society through fear: "The most important mechanism of a terror is not the killing of people, but the threatening of them" (O"Kane 1991 37) Over the last hundred years terror has been used by states such as Germany and Russia to either to enforce governmental rule or to create a country free of imperfection. ... With Operation Barbarossa underway the war became a war of annihilation against the "Judaeo-Bolshevik" foe. ... Hitler brought Germany out of the darkness of the depression of the First World War and Lenin started Russia on the road to C...

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Many people resisted Stalin, and many people were killed because of it. ... Stalin made every major decision during the war, and completely controlled the Russian war effort. ... Socially, he gave some important social benefits to workers and gave women equal rights. ... Russia was lagging behind the rest of the world in that they had not had a formal Industrial Revolution. ... Many, many people were purged. ...

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Many people resisted Stalin, and many people were killed because of it. ... Stalin made every major decision during the war, and completely controlled the Russian war effort. ... Socially, he gave some important social benefits to workers and gave women equal rights. ... Russia was lagging behind the rest of the world in that they had not had a formal Industrial Revolution. ... Many, many people were purged. ...

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Was occupied by Mongolia and suffered from Japanese expansion before World War the Second. ... Moreover China was very curious about its population which in the middle of 21 century will reach 1.5 billion of people. ... Towards Mongolia, China by developing friendly relations can pretend on addition of 1,5 millions square kilometers of territory with 2 millions of population. ... Peace and development became main and important notions of the world community. ... It is important to mention that a key element of China's geopolitics and diplomacy is a normalization of relations with the Unit...

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Plan of Investigation In the late 20th century, the U.S.S.R, as a superpower, exerted tremendous political, military, and economic influence around the world. Eventually the U.S.S.R. collapsed, resulting in the formation of 15 sovereign states, bringing about an end to the Cold War. ... The rate of depopulation in Russia was a stable 1.6-2%, with more than half of the population aging and mortality rate rising (see Appendix A)11 There was an increase in suicides, estimated to be at 38 per 1000 people by the WHO.12 HIV/AIDS virus became widespread, causing lower life expectancy and infant mort...

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