... also known as Catherine the great was one of the first leaders to really push the enlightenment movement. She used an absolute monarchy to get power, and to reform her country into an enlightened country. Catherine II was born Sophia Augusta Frederika of Anhalt-zerbston April 21, 1729 in Stettin. At the age of 14 Catherine was requited to marry Peter III the prince of Russia ... . Before she was to be the Czarina she had a good ... to this. Surfs were gambled with and were sold as part of the land. Although Catherine's plan to govern Russia wasn't flawless it was very good. Sure it had ...

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... . They opposed the Old Regime and led a revolt. The philosophers of the Enlightenment were also saying that the right to govern should lay in the hands of the people. In 1789, they reinstated the Estates-General in order to make it appear as though everyone had a vote. This ended absolutism. The outbreak of violence with the attack on Bastille marked the beginning of the first phase, known as the Girondist Phase (The Constitutional Monarchy ... Phase). The Constitution of 1791 ... ...

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... some of his uglier qualities. He would throw live animals from towers and got pleasure from doing it. Ivan was Russia's first Tsar at the age of seventeen. Three weeks after receiving this honor he got married. He had to choose his bride in a national virgin competition. A ... a religious brotherhood and made them swear to protect God's Tsar or in other words himself. They were ready to commit any crime in the Ivan's name. These police killed over sixty thousand citizens. Ivan sentenced thousands of his people to internal exile in far away of his empire ... horseman. Ivan died on Marc...

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... had, for instance, designed a new stove that used minimal fuel and radiated maximum heat. He also designed new functional clothing for the masses. In 1919 the Department for Artistic Work of the People's Commissariat for Enlightenment commissioned Tatlin to produce a monument for the Third International. This was the work Tatlin is probably best known for, even though it was never built. It was more massive than ... the Eiffel Tower and was far too expensive to build anyway. A double concentric spiral form thrust into the sky at a 70degree angle to symbolise the new ... ...

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... had, for instance, designed a new stove that used minimal fuel and radiated maximum heat. He also designed new functional clothing for the masses. In 1919 the Department for Artistic Work of the People's Commissariat for Enlightenment commissioned Tatlin to produce a monument for the Third International. This was the work Tatlin is probably best known for, even though it was never built. It was more massive than ... the Eiffel Tower and was far too expensive to build anyway. A double concentric spiral form thrust into the sky at a 70degree angle to symbolise the new ... ...

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... all of this was business expansion and it had made the Bourgeoisie more wealthy and powerful. The "Age of Enlightenment" had also capsulated some of the French intellectuals who began to challenge the dogmas of absolutism. This enormous movement of ideas, worked against the state. After the storming of the Bastille and the Le Grande Peur, the National Assembly met and the abolition of feudalism was brought about. Tears accompanied this ... as many of the members gave up their privileges in the search for equality ... ...

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