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Klyuchevsky's 'Peter the Great'
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A 5 page paper discussing the book 'Peter the Great,' by Klyuchevsky. The author, while at times vague and stinted in his writings, is able to illustrate one of the most influential men in history. Without Peter the Great Russia would not have been what it was, or was to become. Klyuchevsky's book illustrates this very well and appears to achieve this alluded goal. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Klyuch.wps
Koestler's Darkness At Noon
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Authur Koestler's book, Darkness At Noon,
provides a view of a specific time and incident in history that has been
interpreted by someone who was decidedly opposed to the political
leadership that brought the event to fruition. This 7 page paper
explores the meaning of the Moscow trials as well as totalitarianism,
the historical reference to Stalin and the hope for a communist utopia.
Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KTdrknnn.wps
Lenin’s Leadership and Stalin’s Dictatorship: The Differences in the Two Regimes Based on Suny’s “The Soviet Experiment”
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This is a 6 page paper discussing the different regimes in Russia under Lenin and Stalin. The leadership styles of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin are considered to be somewhat different considering they both started out being part of the same Bolshevik party during the revolution in Russia in 1917. Lenin was established as the leader after the revolution and quickly began to establish policies based on the socialist writings of Marx including the abolishment of all class distinctions between the nobility, the merchants, the peasants and the working classes and turning the property in the country over to the peasants. Despite his good intentions however, the Bolsheviks who later became known as the Communists, were known for their strong handed methods and the slow removal of opposing forces. Stalin took over as the virtual leader in 1924 when Lenin died and his policies were more militant in their protection of Soviet Russia and by 1930 he had managed to remove all opposing forces to his government and established a one party government with himself as the leader. Stalin used this leadership and the forces within his power to maintain control of the country and any who opposed him were handled by his military forces and special police. Lenin was considered a hero and the instigator of Marxism Leninism although he did not wish to be worshipped. Stalin, on the other hand, believed that his power and the power of his government went hand in hand and his methods were condemned after his death.
Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: TJRGSun1.rtf
Lenin’s Tomb by David Remnick”
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A five page paper which looks at David Remnick’s account of the collapse of the Soviet Union, in terms of the way in which he conducted his research, the conclusions which he reached regarding the cause of the regime’s demise, and possible alternative interpretations of his ideological stance.
Bibliography lists 2 sources
Filename: JLremnick.wps
Leon Trotsky
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This 6 page paper gives background on Trotsky, his strategies during the war, and his morals as inferred from these methods. It also discusses the ways in which he kept the Red Army engaged.
Filename: HVtrtsky.rtf
Looking Back / Soviet Foreign Policy
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This 6 page research paper analyzes the radical changes that the Soviet Union underwent from 1980-1992 with regard to foreign policy and its impact on European Neighbors. These years were crucial as they were the last of the Soviet Empire. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Foresovi.wps
Main Barriers in Moving from Command to Market Economy / The Post-Soviet Example
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The former Soviet republics have experienced a range of problems in asserting a transition from a central command economy to separate market economies, and this 8 page paper reflects the barriers to this transition. This paper considers the barriers to this change in general, including the absence of rule of law, the mentality of the citizenry, the fiscal system, tax system and monetary system, as well as infrastructure components and the impacts of technology, and then applies examples from the transitions that have occurred in Eastern Europe. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Commark.wps
Marx's Ideas in Theory and Practice
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A 5 page paper which examines how Karl Marx's
ideas, when put into practice, have not been incredibly successful. Bibliography lists 5
sources.
Filename: RAmarx5.rtf
Marxist Tenets that Influenced the Russian Revolution
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5 pages. This paper discusses the Marxist tenets that served to influence Lenin and the Russian Revolution. Explains how by addressing relevant issues from both the past and present, Marx was able to formulate impressions of the future that proved revolutionary. The book "Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx is one of the major resources used in this paper. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGArusrv.wps
Mass Society Theory: How much does it affect us?
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This 5 page paper discusses the way mass society mentality affects our society as a whole. We are familiar with the effect it had on the Nazi foothold years ago but is it also seeping into modern cultures? A new system is suggested and outlined. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: CWMassMe.rtf
MELISSA CALWELL’S VIEW OF RUSSIA
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This 3-page paper is a review of Melissa Caldwell's "Not by Bread Alone," her book of poverty and hunger in post-Soviet Russia. She uses the CCM soup kitchen as a type of allegory/microcosm to discuss poverty in Russia and how its people react to it.
Filename: MTcalrus.rtf
Moscow and East European Security Affairs after 1945
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7 pages in
length. Examines the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the Soviet
military system as well as the rise of Solidarity to power in
Poland. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: JGAmscow.wps
New World: Order, Disorder, or Chaos?:
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A 5 page discussion of the current state of world affairs and order in world power has declined, not improved, since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Describes the disintegration of the balance which existed with the threat of mutual destruction and the current world situation of small and potentially volatile nations and terrorist groups having the capability of nuclear warfare. Concludes that rather than a "New World Order" we have chaos.
Filename: PPwrldOr.wps
Nicholas II, the Last Czar of Russia
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7 pages. Author Helene
Carrere d'Encausse, in her book Nicholas II: The Interrupted
Transition, sums up the reign of the last Czar of Russia thusly:
"If ever there was a wrong man for the wrong time, it was Czar
Nicholas II of Russia". Her book delves deeply into the life of
Nicholas II, as to both his private and public life. Carrere
d'Encausse, a leading French specialist in Slavic history, is
said to "argue convincingly that Nicholas was a hopelessly
ignorant, inept ruler who could not manage Russia's possible
evolution to a more open, democratic state" . Bibliography lists
6 sources.
Filename: JGArczar.wps
North-Western Russia Today
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the region as well as a bit of Russian history. Information on communications, industry, ethnic groups and the environment is also provided. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: SA313USS.rtf
Nuclear Proliferation: A Proposal for a Comparison of U.S. and Russian Interest
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A 5 page overview of the concerns surrounding nuclear proliferation. Notes that while on the one hand Russia denounces nuclear proliferation, she is on record as supporting nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, China and South Asia. The problem which confronts the U.S. therefore, regardless of the choice which is made as to whether to emphasize maintaining international stability or heading up a worldwide move toward democracy, is determining Russia motives in nuclear proliferation and addressing those motives. Suggests a comparison of U.S. and Russian foreignpolicy to identify common ground which can be used in the developmentof an effective nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPnuclPr.wps
Obstacles Facing the European Union In Establishing a Common Foreign and Security Policy
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A 7 page discussion of whether the European Union will be able to pick up the political pieces after the Iraq war and forge ahead in the establishment of an effective common foreign and security policy. The author outlines the potential for this feat as well as the obstacles encountered historically which make it clear it will be a difficult task to accomplish. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PPeuIraq.rtf
One Hell of a Gamble
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This 4 page paper discusses the book "One Hell of a Gamble" about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVGamble.rtf
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