... Dasha Chumalov, the main characters. Although they represent heroic communist figures, Gleb and Dasha Chumalov, are not simply mouthpieces of the communist ideology; they are realistic and represent the truthful inner conflict a typical Soviet citizen was experiencing at the time. In particular, the opening passage of the novel introduces the protagonist, Gleb Chumalov. Gladkov provides Gleb with excellent credentials of an ideal ... previous relationship with his wife, Dasha. Greeting him coldly, she exclaims, "What's wrong with you, Comrade Gleb? Don't be so wild. Calm yourself" (Gladko...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... European economy boomed in the immediate months following the end of the Second World War because stocks of goods needed to be replenished after the conflict but this boom turned into bust as countries overspent what little money they had. The USA was so productive by this time that its ... stocking was complete. Milward rightly asserts that these economists were working from First World War figures and the Second World War was a much more costly conflict. He states that the investment carried on well into 1948 and growth continued until 1967. It can be argued therefore that the Western ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... War era, hence according to Mandlebaum, "the appropriate geometric metaphor was and still is the strategic quadrangle." The interactions of these four main powers-sometimes in cooperation, other times in conflict- have shaped the international relations of Asia. How this took place during and after the Cold War is in many ways quite dissimilar. However, more importantly than the all encompassing ... arms sales to China and an overt "meeting of the minds" on Central Asia. Tensions will again rise, especially since Sino-Russian competition for influence in the buffer states of inner Asia ...

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• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... made peace with the Germans and undertook a bloody, three-year civil war, in which Stalin commanded on several fronts. The real hero of the conflict, however, was Leon Trotsky, a former Menshevik who organized the Red Army and guided the Bolsheviks to victory. After the war, the Bolsheviks ... 's part, since it gave him an opportunity to drastically improve his country's strategic position along its western border, without getting involved in a larger conflict. While Hitler's Blitzkrieg flattened Poland, Soviet troops took possession of the eastern half of that unlucky country, which Ger...

• Word Count: 5151
• Approx Pages: 21
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate