Russia

3. Explain in detail the different aspects of totalitarianism and describe how Stalin employed these policies and tactics to extend and maintain absolute control over Russian society. (Beck, Section 2) A totalitarian government is one that takes complete control over every aspect of a nation, including both the public and private lives of its citizens. Totalitarianism goes against the democratic values of reason, freedom, human dignity, and the worth of the individual. Leaders of totalitarian…

final page of the book, with tensions high and certain death hanging over each country, the child asks, “‘Who’s going to drop it, will you, or will he?’ ‘Be patient,’ said Grandpa, ‘we’ll see, we’ll see.’” (Seuss). A similar circumstance was Soviet Russia and the United States had threatened each other and were waiting for the other to begin what would’ve been a nasty war. Dr. Seuss’s brief children’s book can really be interpreted as a satire of a real event that occurred in the 1950s. This…

“Emma Goldman was raised in Russia by an overbearing father and an uninterested stepmother” (DuBois p. 357, “Living my Life”). In 1855, she left Russia to become a garment worker in New York. Although Goldman was always interested in radical politics it wasn’t until her transition to the states that she became deeply involved in the anarchist movement herself. She is widely known for her criticisms of U.S politics and economic organization but also suggests that America offers many great…

By definition, an empire is: “a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority.” Throughout history, there have been hundreds, if not thousands of empires that have risen and fallen over millennia. Some of them stand out more than others. In this paper, three of some of the most powerful empires will be discussed: the Mongol empire, the Byzantine Empire, and the Russian Empire. When one hears the term “Mongol…

organizations who support and try to spread democracy. The U.S. is a member of NATO and the UN which have promoted civil society which includes being open to the idea of democracy. (Lagon) Vladimir Putin, the leader of Russia, both supports and opposes the spread of democracy. Russia can be considered a simple democracy but they’re similar to Belarus in the fact that they are basically autocratic. Because of Russia’s stance on democracy they will most likely make no strides to alter this problem…

Isabelle Easton’s paper on Igor Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky was born on June 17, 1882 in Oranienbaum, Russia. Igor Stravinsky was a conductor, pianist, and film score composer. He was considered the most influential composer in the 20th century. Igor Stravinsky had no other professions other than music. His father was a Russian singer, so he was introduced to music very early in his life. His music began to fade away for a while when he began to study law and philosophy. He first made a name for…

Considered on the most influential figures of the 20th century, who forever changed the course of Russian history, was Russian communist revolutionary Vladmir Ilyich Lenin. Lenin was born on April 22, 1870 originally in Simbirsk, Russia where he was raised into a middle class family. Later in his life, when he studied law, he became greatly influenced by Marxist socialism. This was one of the major political stepping stones that led to his great role in the Russian Revolution. Being born into…

Modern day Russian president, “Czar Putin”, has made great strides in bringing Russia back to it’s former glory after the downfall of the Soviet Union and Soviet communism threatened Russia’s position in the world as an international superpower. Prior to its modern day replication of the United States’s representative democracy, Russia’s system of government transitioned through two stages. As the totalitarian dictatorship of the Czarist period evolved into the socialist republic of the Soviet…

organizations, such as the Islamic State, that are creating havoc on the battlefields of the Syrian civil war. This is a puppet conflict for Russia to show that it is a superpower in the world. They want to show the United States and the rest of the world that Russia is better and more organized militarily and were able stabilize the Middle East. Another reason that Russia is involving itself in this conflict is to protect its interests in Syria.…

States didn’t approve of Russia’s communist government, but didn’t have hostile relations with them. Russia believed in worldwide communism, which the U.S. didn’t approve of. But during World War II, America and Russia had teamed up to defeat Germany, but the alliance lasted until its goal was reached. After WWII, the cold war had started and diplomatic relations went down the toilet. Even now Russia and the U.S. only want to irritate each other. At the beginning of the Mexican revolution,…