The First World War exploded in 1914. ... This war aggravated the trouble in Russia. ... In 1905, Russian exploded the social turmoil events, including the strike, incident of violent and peasant upraising. ... In addition, The First World War played a crucial role in the factor to cause the 1917 revolution. ... The most important was the industrial revolution spreading worldwide, not only changed the economy, but also changed the way people live and their idea. ...

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World war one was a military conflict from 1914-1918. it started out as a European war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, but soon many nations were involved, an eventually became a global war. ... August 4th Britain declared war against Germany. ... Leader in France and Britain thought Italy's Friendship was more important than the League of Nations. Hitler was involved in a series of events that contributed to the outbreak of WWII. ...

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The collapse of the USSR is an event and of course it had its own reasons. ... It is clear that nationalism played a very important role in collapse of the Soviet Union. ... The most important point about the collapse of the USSR is nationalism. ... The Cold War and USSR are over. ... The Turkic states may go in war with the non-Turkic states in the area (Armenia, Georgia etc.). ...

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In an attempt to prevent another world war, the United Nations was formed in 1945. ... As events of the Cold War evolved, bringing the world close to nuclear war, the shortcomings of the United Nations became of greater concern to the world community. ... As the Second World War ended, the Cold War began. ... Another important aspect of NATO's original role was to permanently end U.S. isolationism. The Americans had joined both world wars in order to prevent a hostile takeover of Europe. ...

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The Japanese continued to fight, even though the financial cost of a prolonged war could mean the collapse of their economy and the starvation of thousands. ... It was also important that we obtain Japan's unconditional surrender. ... With this precedent, the USA resolved to keep similar events from occurring with Japan. ... (Handout 53: Viewpoints on the Atomic Bomb) The war would have been long and costly, as has already been mentioned, to drive Japan to unconditional surrender without implementing the atomic bomb. Another issue gaining importance as the war drew to a close w...

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George Orwell's, Animal Farm, was written to illustrate the events of the Marxist Revolution of 1917. ... Snowball was not only sympathetic to the needs of the animals to improve their lives, but he also understood the strategies of war. ... The three guided soviet policy, promising workers and soldiers food, abundant land, and an end to Russia's involvement in the war. ... By the time Lenin died, Stalin had won support of important allies, even the brilliant words of Trotsky couldn't not sway them from Stalin- (Deutscher, pg 77). ... He did a very good job of creating a stor...

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This was an event that was designed to ease tension, but ended up crating massive bloodshed. ... It could not pass laws, appoint ministers, could not control finance in important areas such as defense, and it could be dissolved anytime by the Tsar. ... It was in 1914 that Russia entered world War two and the problems really seemed to escalate. As the war progressed the effects of the war began to take their toll on the soldiers. ... In 1915 the Tsar decided to take over the running of the war himself. ...

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Most importantly, the emergence of totalitarian governments usually occurs as a result of historical forces, such as chaos during the aftermath of an event such as a World War. ... This is evident when taking into consideration World War I and the effects. ... Most importantly, each totalitarian regime had usually been established in the chaos of a large political or social event. ...

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In the forth chapter, the civil wars of Stalin, the period from 1927 to 1939 is covered. ... In 1941, Stalin became a man of war; he was elected generalissism and president of the state comity of the defense. ... He gives several examples of uncertain events that got confirmed thanks to that accessible truth. Also a chronology of the main events of Stalin's life and an explanation of the main character of the book are given at the end of the book in order for us to follow the book. ... Throughout the book, real comments from Stalin and other important characters are shown and d...

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This event led to several uprisings in Russia. ... He refused to take Russia out a war in which they were suffering severe losses and causing brutal hardship at home. ... The war with Germany was ended immediately. ... There was opposition and this led to a civil war in 1918 between the Mensheviks (Whites) and the Bolsheviks (Reds). ... One of his final most important leadership traits is that he was an idealist. ...

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The Legislative Commission of 1767 The document was written by Sergei Solov"ev to describe the events taking place at the Legislative Commission held by Catherine during 1767. ... Between July of 1767 and October of 1768 the commission met formally to debate their concerns, until Catherine postponed the commission in order to go to war with Turkey.[3] Many subcommittees continued their work into the 1770's when they finally gave up due to lack of new legislation. ... Each of the Russian classes in attendance was given a chance to represent their views, wishes and opinions during the Co...

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The document was written by Sergei Solov"ev to describe the events taking place at the Legislative Commission held by Catherine during 1767. ... Between July of 1767 and October of 1768 the commission met formally to debate their concerns, until Catherine postponed the commission in order to go to war with Turkey.[3] Many subcommittees continued their work into the 1770's when they finally gave up due to lack of new legislation. ... Each of the Russian classes in attendance was given a chance to represent their views, wishes and opinions during the Commission, which is why it was such an ...

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This book also fit nicely into the class's recent discussions about Nicholas II, and provides some background for events to come, most notably the outbreak of war beginning in 1914. (2) In August 1914, Nicholas II limited the sale of vodka to "first-class restaurants and clubs" and later extended the ban. (3) This one simple act helped lead to his own political downfall, as well as "increased deaths from alcohol poisoning, and, most critically, a shortage of grain for foodstuffs." (4) Although Nicholas II had a significant role in the alcohol disturbance of society, he was not the main so...

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