The 8 million square mile nation and freezing climate made it extremely difficult to connect people from the East to the West. ... Minister of Transport (1892), Sergi Witte constructed the project of the Trans-Siberian Railway, stretching from Moscow to Vladivostak – 3750 miles. ...
It is approximately 17,098,242 square kilometers, spanning from its western most point right above Poland, to its eastern most point near the bearing strait (Russia, p.1). Yet this 6.6 million square mile stretch of land is quite different depending on the area you are. ...
In the late nineteenth century there were several main threats to Tsarist authority. There were threats from revolutionary groups, the social democratic party, the peasants and urban workers, middle classes the ethnic groups. There were also threats of Foreign Aggression. Tsarist authority betw...
The June offensive was a failed attempt to boost morale and re-take land from the opposing forces, instead it resulted in a 300% price inflation and a loss of several million square miles of territory, which further enraged the grieving peasant class. ...
Throughout all the changes that have occurred, European civilization has had a powerful influence on world history. Europeans made great advances in learning and the arts as well as in science and technology. They believe that humans lived in Europe more than a million years ago. The diversity of Eu...
