Nestor Makhno

Russian History The Red Cavalry The storyline of Red Cavalry takes place over the course of many short stories and during the time of the Polish­Soviet war,spanning February 1919 until March 1921. The more short stories in this novel that you read, the more darker and gruesome they become. Being that this collection of stories is based upon Isaac Babel’s own diary of his experiences as a propagandist and a war correspondent, it only seems fitting that things would become significantly darker in

Why the Bolsheviks Won the Civil War The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921. During this time the Bolsheviks faced massive opposition to their rule in the form of the White Armies, led by the former officers of the Tsarist state, and also from intervention by the forces of foreign countries. The Bolsheviks were surrounded, and often outnumbered by their opponents, and had no experienced military commanders. At times, their situation seemed

Word Analysis Paper Courtesy is the most important word in Jesus Colon’s story, “Little Things are Big”, because he valued courtesy and not using it is what leads him to feeling guilty after. The story is about how the author, Jesus Colon, who is Puerto Rican, reacts to seeing a white woman to needs assistance with her children. After much thought he decides not help the woman because he is too worried about her reaction being negative. Courtesy is one of the traits he most admires about himself