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    stress on the agricultural land available to the lower class for their farming, and many people began starving. The rise of the bourgeoisie class also caused more discontent as they were put to work under poor conditions and for low wages. The Tzar, Nicholas II, was not intuitive enough to do anything to benefit his citizens, and his disregard for the issues happening in his country resulted in a loss of faith and respect towards him. It was at this point in time that the idea of Marxist socialism began

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    David Logan in his famous TED segment discuses about the five tribes that human beings belong. Unlike the Indian caste system, where each one of the traditional Indian caste members cannot progress to a higher level, D. Logan suggests that as humans we have the ability to advance to a higher level, level five being the best (Pruthi, 2004). Intricate details outline how each member of different levels is unique with own ideas and perspective in life. End goal is being a member of a level five tribe

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    set the development of a railwail bulding programm and a limited spread of factories. But Russia's economy was still not as well-developed as that in western Europe. So a real industrialisation took of in the reign of Alexander III and the help of Nicholas II's finance minsters Ivan Vyshnegradsky and Sergei Witte. The main point of those developments, was imporoving Russia's finances and buliding up the gold reserves. For doing this Vyshnegradsky decided to increase the indirect taxes and mount

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    1) How would you convey the message of the book “Half the Sky” to family, friends, and colleagues? This book is a crucial dose of reality for those of us that are spoiled by the comforts we have grown used too. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explain in the book “Half the Sky” why empowering women in the developing world is ethically right and extremely vital.It is a gripping story of how customs and culture have historically oppressed women. The strength of the human rights movement and

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    Nicholas I and Nicholas II both struggled with similar uncertainties of a possible revolution. Both came to a conclusion with a strong resemblance, and yet at the same time remained drastically different when their rule ended. While the names may suggest that Nicholas I was the father of Nicholas II, Nicholas I was actually Nicholas II’s great granduncle. The summarized history of their terms below will tell of and compare the Nicholas’ reigns of the Russian monarchy.      Nicholas

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    Compare and contrast the social and economic policies of Alexander II (1855-81) and Alexander III (1881-94) of Russia. Alexander II and Alexander III were both Tsars of Russia and they both believed in the divine will to rule the people. However Alexander II is said to be more liberal than Alexander III though they were both conservative in one way or the other in their social and economic policies because they both wanted to remain with the power over the people. Alexander II was more relaxed

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    The Russian Revolution of 1917 was the outcome of discontent amongst the peasants for over centuries under the Tsarist autocracy. However, the desperate need to dismantle and revolt against the regime sparked within them during the reign of Tsar Nicolas II, who proved to be an incompetent autocrat. The Tsar’s reliance on his weak and indecisive character throughout handling the matters of his empire expanded upon numerous long-term causes of the Russian Revolution. Economic causes included the industrialization

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