... of different things. They researched the initial problem for the sea's downfall and discovered why the sea started to shrink. They closely measured the sea's water level and volume several times. The amount of salinity in the water was measured and the effect it had on certain things such as fish were looked at. The total number of species of fish, birds, and ... 160, and mammal species went from 70 to 32. Commercial fisheries ended and that resulted in more than 60,000 related jobs being lost. Shipping on the Aral stopped because the water could no longer be connected to the major port...

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... The first Russians came to America in the 17th century. Thy came through the Bering Straight and landed in Alaska, where they hunted blue fox, the fur seal and sea otter which they sold to some Asian countries. Their first colony Kodiak was built in the northwest and their first governor ... Russians were spies or a sort of comintern member. The prejudices that were published by the media as propaganda during the Cold War have manifested in the minds of the Americans. Unfortunately those prejudices remained even after the Cold War and until today a part of the conscience of most America...

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... a result of political purges, horrible labor systems, and state-created famines (U.S., 1998). The USSR had a command economy, which means all aspects of the economy were publicly owned and operated. Then in 1991, the Soviet Union would suddenly collapse, and Russia would rise to the surface (Kemp, 1996). This would begin their struggle to move toward a democracy and a free-market economy. Russia ... they had gained from the new government would be their independence. This independence was a very scary thought for many Russian citizens! When the Russian government took control of the USS...

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... how well the Cuban Missile Crisis was managed. The USAF U-2 spy planes discovered photos that revealed the Soviet Union was in the process of placing nuclear weapons in Cuba. These weapons had the capability of wiping out most of the United States in minutes, if they became operational. President John F. Kennedy and his advisors had to come up with a plan of action against ... down without humiliation. His resolve was clear and unshakable. The missiles had to be taken out of Cuba by any means available. The genius of the policy he adopted resided in his skilful use of toughness with fle...

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... to as a "bipolar world" because of the two superpowers. Being a middle power didn't mean we were a country with no power at all. In fact we had a powerful military, we just didn't use it to attack other countries. Benefits came from being a middle power; we were able to get ... became important to us. What showed how we were a middle power? Well we didn't start things, or invade countries but we were asked to partake in certain situations, and became members of various groups across the world. We joined la Francophonie (French colonies), British Commonwealth, and Pan American Congress. W...

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... other reasons also but mainly for their own safety also. Another parallel the book has to real life is the rationing that was going on in this novel. At the time Orwell was growing up there was a lot of rationing going on due to the expenses the country took on during world war ... 1. Similarly in the book the country has continued to stay in was for many years. As far back as the main character could remember the country has always been at war except at one time ... and then the war happened and it left him motherless. He also lost his sister and the family had already lost the far aw...

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... the Russ. The crisis began on October 15,1962 for the United States, when they examinant photographs reveled Soviet missiles under construction in Cuba. The next day they informed president John F. Kennedy about the missile installations. Kennedy immediately organized the EX-COMM a group of ... hours. On the 25th, Kennedy pulled the quarantine line back and raised military readiness to DEFCON2. Then on 26th, EX-COMM heard from Khrushchev in a desperate letter. He proposed removing Soviet missiles and personnel if the U.S. would guarantee not to invade Cuba. October 27th was the worst da...

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... the revolution of 1905, both of which were attempts to overthrow the government and make a constitutional monarchy. Russia's badly organized and unsuccessful participation in the World War I made the people hate the bad government even more. Russia's manpower was inexhaustible but the industrial production, which should have ... number of workers. The workers fled but did not abandon the streets. As soon as the firing stopped they returned to confront the soldiers. In some cases the troops hesitated when ordered to fire, allowing the workers to pass through the lines. On February 27 the...

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... of the guards and camp life. While the prisoners" methods to survive vary, many of them still get through camp. It is difficult to stay humane in the brutal camps, but it is not impossible. Such is the case of a diligent prisoner named Shukhov. Maintaining his humanity, Shukhov depends on himself to ... may even "go the rounds of the warehouses, offering to be of service, sweeping this or fetching that" (Solzhenitsyn 18). In addition, Shukhov performs odd jobs such as, keeping a place in line for his squad leader or going to the mess hall to pick up bowls from the tables and take them ...

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... speed of transports and tanks. Second, the Polish army consisted of cavalry. Against the tanks, the cavalry obviously did not have a chance. Poland fell in a matter of weeks. Moreover, despite Britain and France condoning the attack and declaring that Poland was not alone, they were geographically unable to assist ... Maginot Line. The Luftwaffe could simply fly over this defensive structure. The Nazi's plan was to simply avoid it "letting the French stay in their line. The French also planned for this contingency and believed that the Germans would come through Belgium again "a la Schli...

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... , showing us how basic human dynamics outweighed the propaganda shoved down the throats of the respective militaries ("Illusion"). Special interest prisoners were held in higher regards as well. Any prisoner who had something unique to offer the Germans were taken care of. The young boys who were molested ... fed, and sheltered from the other prisoners, who might have killed him out of jealousy had they learned about his extraordinary privileges. The politics in the camps, while minimalist, were more influential on the prisoners than the broader scope of the war (Spiegelman, 47). The val...

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... imagined communities (loaned from Benedict Anderson), rituals, symbols, flags, songs, collective events and the expression of goals. Sunny claims that, "Especially under Lenin, the development of nationalism was encouraged in the Soviet Union which lead to inner conflict and desire for the new nations to break free from the Diets, from Russians' rule" (www.worldhistoryhub.com book review, Sunny, the ... places where there are high risks of ethic conflicts and which lessons should be taken? The most important point about the collapse of the USSR is nationalism. Although nationalism exist...

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... were basically the same. King Louis XVI was the leader of the French and Tsar Nicholas II was the Russian leader. They were both alike in a few key ways neither could rule effectively and both were married to foreign wives. Both leaders were shy and did not have the strategic ... the fact that the Tsar had let the country fall into such economic disaster; the discontent the Russian people had toward the economic hardship soon resulted in riots and demonstrations by the Russian people. King Louis was married to Marie Antoinette, a German lady who was very flighty and hated by the ... Fre...

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... permanent system of general security" (Ross 10). After all this had happened, fifty nations came together at the United Nations conference on International Organization meeting in San Francisco between April and June 1945. There these nations issued the United Nations Charter. With the issue of this charter on October 24, 1945 ... Not only does the United States help out the United Nations physically, it also help the United Nations monetarily. The money the United States puts in the United Nations has been multiplied many times over because the world, without the United States being the ...

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... These new threats were posed by rouge nations. During the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union had armed such nations in order to gain influence and control over them. This would strengthen their hand against one another. Now without a world divided into two large ... of these was how should the world deal with potentially dangerous and aggressive regimes. Should the world revert to the type of containment used in the Cold War, or should the world act more aggressively? This question is the most hotly debated topic of today as the world ... the circumstances between c...

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... citizens were killed for every VC member. It wasn't just American weaknesses that led to them losing the war, the Viet Cong had tremendous strengths in the tactics they employed. The VC were massively more determined than the Americans, they were fighting for nationalism, the very existence of their country &ndash ... apos;petty warfare'. The latter being where they would use small units to wear down the Americans and damage their morale. Although the Tet Offensive in January 1968 was a military failure for the VC, they gained a massive psychological edge. On the holiday of Tet, the VC s...

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... a woman could do his same job. Again though, like the black soldiers before them, women are now allowed fully into the military, but in only in about half of the positions that men are. Why is it that no combat positions are open to women? Why hasn't the government learned from ... they are all outdated and under-researched. They believe that women would ruin military cohesion of fighting units, but Carol Barkalow stated, "While I was in the desert, I witnessed the same type of relationship forming between men and women as has traditionally been described as occurring among men: mutual re...

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... , they would be independent. However, after the defeat of Japan, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel, with U.S. troops in the south and Soviet troops in the north . In the south, the U.S. backed right-wing political leaders while the Soviets supported the left-wing side. To create a new government ... found was amazing . Since the Carter administration, nuclear secrets had been leaked to China by a range of sources. What was really appalling was that in many of the cases, U.S. officials found out that information had been leaked a short time afterward . The CIA handed over documents...

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... theory that Lenin was the driver of the revolution and without him the revolution may have occurred but not gained the support or power needed. A man named Valentinov on arrival in Genova in 1904 was "shocked by the atmosphere of worship of Lenin which people calling themselves Bolshevik's had created"(4) Menshevik and Bolshevik differences were found to face the real dilemma of ... politics during the 1905 revolution and duma period. The 2 factions demarcated themselves in terms of their ideologies, strategies and tactics. The Bolsheviks formed from a narrow range of peasants and worker...

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... seized all of the territory of British Somaliland. Those were though the successes without a bigger meaning since Egypt was still a key position in North Africa and clearly the British stronghold. As their supply lines became stretched, the Italians began to loose their foothold to the British. ... blow inflicted upon the Germans was staggering. Rommel was never quite the same after his defeat at the hands of Patton and Montgomery. Rommel ,in his own eyes, was no longer invincible. African soldiers that fought for their colonial rulers, either drafted or voluntarily, had a tremendous im...

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... away from Russia and be an independent country. It is believed that Putin, Russia's leader, purposely began this war to distract the Russian people from the many bitter truths in Russia and gain political popularity for himself. Russia suffers from a poor economy, widespread poverty, criminal activity and corruption. The war distracts the Russian people from their everyday problems ... and builds a feeling of pride in their country. "If average Russians didn't quite believe Putin's claim of a narrowly targeted, bloodless, "anti terrorist" operation, they didn't look too closely for answ...

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... and chemical industries. GEOGRAPHY/CLIMATE: Azerbaijan is located in Southern Asia along the Caspian Sea, it is between Russia and Iran. The total area is 86,600sq.km, 500sq km being water and 86,10osq km being land. The climate of this country varies from some areas ... mosquitoes and flies. INDUSTRY: Azerbaijan has always relied on imports for raw materials, most coming from the previous Soviet republics. The food industry in Azerbaijan in the year 1991, had 31 percent total industrial production. Light industry had 19 percent, energy industry had 12 percent, and the machine building ...

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Gorbachev's popularity grew in the West as he became known as a brave reformer and supporter of peace. His popularity at home plummeted though as the problems of ... of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The republic saw Yeltsin as a hero, and he destroyed Gorbachev in his quest for personal power. On December 25, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the president of the nonexistent Soviet Union. Communism in the USSR failed to produce the benefits Marx envisioned. The communist government soon grew into oppressive dictatorships, ... of government. Efforts made by Gorbachev to improve condit...

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... , Europe would today be flying a Nazi flag. The entire world may be a different place, a place perhaps with an entire population of white skinned, blue eyed, and blonde haired Nazis. The Battle of Stalingrad was arguably the decisive battle in the German-Soviet conflict. Moreover, if the Germans would have taken the Soviet Union, all Nazi-opposing nations, such as the United Kingdom ... the Soviets they surrounded the Germans and forced them to surrender. The battle of Stalingrad not only destroyed much of the German army, but also ended their offensive in Russia, ultimately resulting in...

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... future. Therefore, though the United Nations is doubtlessly flawed, it is an essential means to ensuring a future global stability. It is currently ineffective in solving international disputes; however, humanity cannot afford to abandon a valuable institution for its imperfections. The United Nations, especially if its flaws are identified ... nations of the world needed something larger than themselves - not a unilaterally powerful world government, but a council of sovereign nations that would intervene in world affairs as needed. President Roosevelt himself coined the term "United N...

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