Nicholas preferred the company of his family, to whom his was very close. ... Tsar Nicholas II, supported by Alexandra, not only had poor advisers but a hugely corrupt system working for him to maintain the strength of his dynasty. ... In 1905 Rasputin was introduced to the royal family. ... Rasputin had a huge detrimental effect to the royal family and Russia. ... Even the traditional supports for the monarchy, such as, the landowning gentry, the bureaucracy, the church and the army had been alienated. ...

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The age of the Romanov's abruptly ended with the brutal slaughter of the Imperial family. ... The blood was running in streams...An entire family was killed due to opposing political views. ... Increasing losses at the front and the fear of a German advance on Moscow eroded what little support remained for the war. ... The decision was taken by the Bolsheviks to kill Nicholas and his family. ... When the Revolution was reignited in 1917, the Revolutionaries had more support than the tsar and the determination to accomplish their goals. ...

• Word Count: 1936
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• Grade Level: High School

Most of them lived in poverty/poor farmers that could not even provide food for their families. ... The fact that, the peasants worked long hours often 13-14 a day for wages that wasn't enough neither to buy food for their families nor even to pay their rent. ... The rich had plenty of money that owned the factories, mines and land; in turn was supported by the middle class people (meaning they were living of the rich). ... The next day the demonstrations continued, this time supported by 200,000 strikers. ... To win support, he appealed for "peace" for the nation, "bread" for the wo...

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As a result, the support for the Provisional Government fell and became less popular and support for Lenin greatly increased as he promised Peace, Bread and Land'. ... Louis' ally, the Austrian Duke of Brunswick was considered as a threat to the revolution as he threatened the people of France punishment if: the citizens dared to make any further move against the Royal Family. ... Kerensky called upon the newly elected Bolshevik dominated Soviet o support him quash the conspiracy. The Bolsheviks supported him resulting into the support for the Bolsheviks to rise. The result of the...

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The establishment of the October manifesto under Tsar Nicholas II was an attempt to re-establish support from the masses. ... This act again did not contribute towards the preservation of autocracy, support decreased as he had put forward a total claim to authority. ... The murder of the royal family cast a shadow across the new government. ... This then supports the idea that the more intense the terror the easier it was to uphold power. ... This then supports the viewpoint that the preservation of power under the rule of Stalin was majorly due to the intensity of his terror. ...

• Word Count: 1853
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, in 1941, Stalin discontinued his Jewish intolerance and supported the formation of the Jewish Antifascist Committee (JAC) in 1942, contradicting practiced Stalinism and amending his previously unquestionable policy. Even after WWII, Stalin collaborated with the United States and supported the creation of a Jewish State in Palestine. ... Lenin believed that until he obtained European support and the ensuing transition to a communist society was complete, laws were necessary "to suppress the resistance of classes hostile to the proletariat." ... "The peasant loathed the exploitation...

• Word Count: 1533
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• Grade Level: Graduate

However, in 1941, Stalin discontinued his Jewish intolerance and supported the formation of the Jewish Antifascist Committee (JAC) in 1942, contradicting practiced Stalinism and amending his previously unquestionable policy. Even after WWII, Stalin collaborated with the United States and supported the creation of a Jewish State in Palestine. ... Lenin believed that until he obtained European support and the ensuing transition to a communist society was complete, laws were necessary "to suppress the resistance of classes hostile to the proletariat." ... "The peasant loathed the exploitation...

• Word Count: 1534
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

The destruction was evident; entire families were separated or destroyed, food was scarce, towns and cities lay in ruins, the economy had plummeted and unemployment was at an all-time high. ... But France and England (along with non-European countries the United States and the Soviet Union) staggered out of the war as victors, willing to bring aid and support to the broken, struggling and battle-scarred nations. ... The USA and Britain agreed to support Germany to become an economically stable nation again. ... Nowhere else did the Cold War have a bigger impact on families and friends, who w...

• Word Count: 2360
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As population grew plots of land became smaller and smaller, this meant peasants found it harder to sport their family each year. ... These parties gained more interest from people like the peasants who were tired of living in poverty and working long hours, these groups kept gaining support until they overthrow the Tsar, ending his reign. ... Although they supported the Tsar in his reign they believed that he should share his power equally. ... They had joined forces with other soviets in different towns with the same aim, this gave them great power and a wider alliance of support. During thi...

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The House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was formed to persecute those who were believed to support Communism. ... Many members of Hollywood created fictional instances to support Communist influence in the industry, yet clear their own names. ... Many towns and neighborhoods singled out specific families that were not "accepted" or "agreeable" as Communist. Soon, any differences from the masses were labeled as Communist support. ...

• Word Count: 1414
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was lack of support from other nations, and there was no efficient solution to save the economy from its downfall. ... First of all, the Soviet or the Eastern bloc people never support Communism. ... This was a sense of elitism because only the wealthy family could be afforded the high cost to send their children to school for high educations. ...

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Therefore, in terms of Eisenstein's argument that women's girl bodies determine democracy; free from violence and sexual abuse, free from malnutrition and environmental degradation, free to plan their own families, free to not have families, free to choose their sexual lives and preferences, I agree with this view; that is, "democracy" [from this perspective] would examine a freedom, liberty, or independence of women and girls in order to gain access; such as, to have reproductive freedom, a secure , qualitative life and their own chosen life, the same social position comparing to me...

• Word Count: 1344
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• Grade Level: Graduate

The death of his family and drinking, as many other people in Soviet Union do, made the person realistic enough to be believed in (pp. 58-9, Life in Russia). ... All the military weapons are used appropriately for the tasks assigned providing sea support to the characters. ...

• Word Count: 2281
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A lot of women did not have a clear idea of how much it would cost to raise a child, or maintain their family for that matter, and the collapse of the economy made it that much more difficult (Vasager 2). ... Researchers have stated that when the Communist regime collapsed, uncertainty about starting families rose, and put a huge drop in the birthrate. ... Much of the stress was caused by thoughts and concerns with unemployment, and how one was supposed to support their family. ...

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Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov was born 1896 in a small village of Strelkova south of Moscow, Kaluga Province, and like an immense majority of the peasant population his family were desperately poor. ... His poor working class background supported the change for the better and became a member of the Communist Party. ... Zhukov's blitzkrieg combination of armor, artillery, air support, and infantry, broke new ground. ... Beside a military defeat, where 18,000 of Japan's 60,000 battle force were killed, and probably another 20,000 wounded, the imperial family was mortified by the desert...

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He used propaganda to get the people's support, and this led to the passing of the Enabling Act banning all the parties except for the Nazi Party, allowing Hitler to pass laws without the Reichstag approval and removing the rights of people such as the freedom of speech, press, and assembly. ... Book burning also helped because they were able to rewrite history in a way that the kids and even the older ones would support Nazism. ...

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He and his family were then executed. ... This time, however, Mao Tse-tung gained the upper hand by rallying the support of the people. ... During the Chinese civil war, The Soviet Union supported Chiang Kai-shek, not Mao Tse-tung. ...

• Word Count: 1467
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• Grade Level: High School

Nikita Khrushchev was born to a poor family in Kalinovka, near the village of Kursk in southwestern Russia. ... Hoping to find support from the local population, they intended to cross the island to Havana, but were quickly stopped by Castro's army. ... The OAS nations solidly supported the U.S. stand. ...

• Word Count: 2148
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Broz, coming from a poor family, was a hard worker from the beginning. ... Mihajlovic's inactivity resulted in the Allied forces discontinuing their support for the Chetniks and strengthening alliances with Tito. During the war Tito supported Yugoslavia's participation in the communist revolution. ...

• Word Count: 1552
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Another example of solidarity support between the GDR and SRV was the ''Vietnam-Aktion'' of the 1960s. ... This is supported by the biography of both authors: the first author, Eva-Maria Elsner, was an university lecturer for political economics at Rostock and lived in the former GDR, so she has an intimate knowledge of political events of the time. ...

• Word Count: 1950
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• Grade Level: Graduate

With regards to cultural and educational changes implemented, Stain restored differentials based on economic performance, revived the family as the basic social unit and brought traditional methods back to education. ... In an effort to generate support for his policies and beliefs the exercises for verbal activities in textbooks, bombarded the child with pro-Soviet words. ... One practical result was the strengthening of the family as a vehicle for political and ideological control. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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? ... We may raise the question whether the results of Glasnost and Perestroika could have been otherwise different if the Marxist-Leninist ideology remained at the core of the party, and has been supported by a proletarian democracy. ...

• Word Count: 1300
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Moreover, the government prioritised labour intensive industries in order to minimise unemployment level and gain support for itself. ... The low importance for the central government along with poor natural AN447 Assignment 3 Larry Ren 200902446 4 endowments enabled the Wenzhounese to develop a business oriented mind-set, engaging them in long distance trade, which supported the local economy. On the eve of economic liberalisation in China, there were existence of a large number of underground family workshops and black market (Liu, 1992). ...

• Word Count: 1874
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Introduction No conflict, neither in size nor in scope, is comparable to the Eastern Front, 1941-45. It was the deadliest theatre of war in history causing the death of over 30 million people. This colossal conflict played a decisive role in destroying the Nazi regime: the German armed forces suffer...

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His future wife actually fell asleep on his shoulders during the gathering and that is when he fell in love her because she admired and supported the same ideals as him which were the communist ideals of Lenin. ... Despite the fact the he is relocated, the narrator is still pulled constantly back to his family and his origins. ...

• Word Count: 1782
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• Grade Level: High School