... to defense production, thus "transforming! the Soviet Union from "a weak country, unprepared for defense, to a country mighty in defense, a country prepared for every contingency."" Although industrialization was successful, the Plan was certainly at the expense of the peasantry as working conditions declined, and the exhausted nation was unable to meet Stalin's demands, and thousands of citizens were arrested. "Stalin brought about the end of the NEP by the use of draconian measures." To preserve Socialist ... Stalinism as the only ideological school of thought, Stalin not only brutall...

• Word Count: 1533
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... , becomes the exemplification of the individual as the morally converse form of the Rebel himself. The recurrent premise that Man battles, and thus rebels, against an authority to achieve something better, becomes the standard for this philosophical inquiry into what amounts to be a pseudo-egalitarian motive for bettering oneself by means of such Rebellion and Revolution. However, the persistent mental dissection of countless aspects and sub-variants of both Revolutions, achieves the unique literary element of objective ... review over the ... ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... on another political group that could provide help "the Bolsheviks. In a letter to the Central Executive Committee of Soviets, the soldiers ask for more information on the Bolsheviks, since they no longer find the empty promises of the Provisional Government worth their support. In a direct letter to Kerensky, the soldiers state their intentions of deserting the fronts by autumn, whether or not the order is given by their commanders, and implore Kerensky to end ... be removed by force, not through the institution of election. Leftist Social Revolutionaries, who once supported the Bolshe...

• Word Count: 1026
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... . Survival was necessary and was accepted by the entire party resulting in all other ideologies placed behind and rather the goal of survival placed in the forefront, and as a result the party was able to change for the mood of the country, shaping Russian history. Despite Trotsky's decision of reintroducing tsarist generals sparking debate, especially with Stalin, the necessity of it, and Lenin's control over the party, allowed for a decisive victory and in turn shaped ... were changed which in turn was accepted by the party including the removal of worker rights, and the re-institution...

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... agreement and the situation of the contract workers. The author of this report is a scientific assistant at the university Duisburg and therefore has access to lots of source material. Its purpose includes that it was written as a preparation of a research project on the ''role of the socialistic developing countries of the CMEA'' by evaluating the backgrounds and the development of those countries. In addition the study is confirmed by the 'Bundesinstitut für ostwissenschaftliche und internationale Studien', the Federal Insitute for studies on ... international and Eastern countries ,...

• Word Count: 1950
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... , were responsible for the start of the Cold War. Overall, this essay seeks to argue that Soviet aggression was responsible for the start of the Cold War as despite the other factors contributing to the start of the Cold War, Soviet aggression still holds a degree of responsibility in the start of the Cold War through the actions taken which greatly heightened the tensions between the superpowers. Soviet aggression was responsible for the start of the Cold War as the actions taken by the Soviet Union were ... offensive, based off their own economic interests, which hence infringed on the...

• Word Count: 2144
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... trying to force his opinion on anyone. " our national consciousness is dominated at present by a sense of insecurity greater even than that of many people of Western Europe who stand closer to, and a position far more vulnerable to, those things that are the main source of our concern. Now, much of that change may be, and doubtless is, subjective today we exaggerate our dangers and have ... before us which, I am frank to admit, seems to me dangerous and problematical in the extreme." I believe Kennan accurately points out the shortcomings in American attitudes towards Asia and how that c...

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... a product of a system that does not encourage radical innovations or reforms, nor open-to-democracy-minded people. And still, what are the qualities that Gorbachev had, as a child originating from a peasant family, that distinguished him and helped him reach the top? Gorbachev seemed to have proven his loyalty towards the Marxist-Leninist doctrine, especially towards Stalin, in his teenage years. Archie Brown notes that " ... a major role in the breakdown of the USSR. Yet, the unexpected and nonviolent demise was shaped by several factors combined together. By creating Glasnost and ...

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... of the animals and the invisibility of Napoleon, that is of the power of the latter and the powerlessness of the former. In the same vein, in his essay "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses," (Notes Towards an Investigation, 1972) the French philosopher Louis Althusser uses a Marxist perspective to study the relationship, in the modern context, between the governed and the governor. The latter, for him, makes use of ideology as a mediator between individuals and the system of power. He maintains control of his subjects by ... ramifying its ideology throughout a variety of ... ...

• Word Count: 1473
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... to defense production, thus "transforming the Soviet Union from "a weak country, unprepared for defense, to a country mighty in defense, a country prepared for every contingency."" Although industrialization was successful, the Plan was certainly at the expense of the peasantry as working conditions declined, and the exhausted nation was unable to meet Stalin's demands, and thousands of citizens were arrested. "Stalin brought about the end of the NEP by the use of draconian measures." To preserve Socialist ... Stalinism as the only ideological school of thought, Stalin not only brutally...

• Word Count: 1534
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... liberty or freedom, but rather oppressed as being the secondary position in any fields of societies. For example, for women reproductive control is fundamental to liberty, but the pressure to restrict the availability of abortion is also mounting in the independent states of the former Soviet Union. This restriction on women's reproductive freedom may be understood in the broader context of patriarchal control of women by the "maternalization of the female body". And this might result in ... the primary association of women's identities and purposes with motherhood. In ... ...

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... , and better rotations and cover cropping for weed suppression. The supplementation of fertilizers was accomplished with the use of biofertilizers, earthworms, composting, manures (some from animal traction), and the integration of animal grazing. These various techniques cost almost nothing, but are dependent on small farms, managed individually by those most familiar with the land and the specifics of the farm, for these techniques rely on the use of synergistic systems for all inputs and controls. This ... solutions to agricultural problems. This led to their agroecological developmen...

• Word Count: 3463
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate