... the sea's downfall up until about 1985. Finally an attempt was made to make things better when a dam was constructed in 2005. This dam helped the northernmost lake expand and drop significantly in salinity. The extreme loss of fish species, the lost connection to major ports for shipping, and significant health problems are just a few examples of how the rapidly shrinking waters of ... the Aral Sea have caused an extreme amount of turmoil. The Aral Sea is located right in-between Kazakhstan in the north and Karakalpakstan, an independent ... 30 years, fish species went from 32 to 6, bi...

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... 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 ... poor so there wasn't much equipment for the soldiers. Russia's casulaties in World War I were greater than any other country has ever lost in a war. In 1917 all these things resulted in the overthrow of the czarist government and the establishment of the Bolshevik Party ... . The Bolshevik Party was a radical grou...

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... 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 ... when he was very young like 7 or 8 and then the war happened and it left him motherless. He also lost his sister and the family had already lost the ... far awhile before that happened. In both cases the government needed to save its money so it stopped paying for the people and supporting it ...

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... 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 USSR in 1991, communist party members lost all legal status. All belongings were turned over to Russia, even communist newspapers. Next the new president ordered that the congress be disbanded (Parenti, 1997). Apparently congress wasn ... until 1998 it looked as though Russia was slowly pulling itself through the reform process. In 1997, overall foreign investment in Russia increased 60 percent. Even the Russian...

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... Vietnamese 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 ... '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 Te...

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... 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 ... of ethic conflicts and which lessons should be taken? The most important point about the collapse of the USSR is nationalism. Although nationalism exists in all countries, the wrong policies of nationalism (Russification) done by the USSR governments caused the whole So...

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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 ... the circumstances between containment during the Cold War and the "New World Order" of states are completely different. These circumstances include differences in leadership styles, differences in the strengths of opposed countries, and the "new" threat of terrorism. All of these differences require closer examin...

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... 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 French people. This was also the same with Alexandra Romanov in the Russian empire; neither the Russians nor the French people liked the fact that their queen was of foreign descent. They both apparently had some ... was very bright on political matters their countries did not benefit fr...

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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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... 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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... 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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... , 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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... 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 American ... , Armenians and some Ukrainians. These emigrants are people the Soviet Union did not want back then, because either they were disliked because of prejudices in the own population or because they were criminals. This way many criminals went to America, the Land of Opportunity, to start the...

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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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... 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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... heavily favored opponent and the USA toppled them 7-3 (3). " Years after the Olympics, Peter Stastny, a member of the 1980 Czechoslovakia team that had lost 7-3, cornered Captain Mike Eruzione. "In 1980 you fooled us," Stastny said. "We did not know how good you were. We took you for granted." (Carlton 3) Norway was their ... scored on their second goal of the game making the score 2-2 thanks to Mark Johnson. At this point the Soviet team had pulled Vladislav Tretiak who was the best goalie in the world at the time and put in their back up Vladimir Myshkin. Tretiak did not return to th...

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... convey a message, I think that it would have been to never give up, no matter the odds. Vassili was facing an older, much more experienced sniper in Major KÖnig, but even when all seemed lost, Vassili would find a way to escape and eventually get revenge and kill Major KÖnig. As far as I can tell, the story is authentic and ... is told in a very believable manner. The movie depicted both the Russian and German soldiers quite realistically. The Russians were depicted as not caring about individuals, ... are shown as manipulative and superior both technologically and militarily. Both of...

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... demonstrated the perestroika was prepared to retreat under pressure- McCauley 351). From an ecomonic standpoint, Gorbachev's stance on the 500-day program in October 1990 signified beginning of the end for Gorbachev and the Soviet Union. When Gorbachev opened the Pandora box of glasnost and democratization, ... the floodgates opened. The pent up frustration of past decades exploded- (McCauley xvii). When Khrushchev denounced Stalin before the XXth Party Congress in 1956 he ended the decades of fear marked by Stalin's dictatorship. Furthermore, his de-stalinization campaign "meant that h...

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... It was the mission of Apollo 11 to land two men on the moon, and then return them safely to Earth. As we look back in time this was amongst the most memorable accomplishments of mankind. This demonstrates what man can do with perseverance and unbreakable determination, along with much ... put a man on the moon to complete and finish this race to the moon. The Soviet Union initiated this "space race." The first step in sending a man to the moon was sending a satellite into space. History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union effectively propelled Sputnik I. " ... the size ...

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