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    Introduction It is reasonable to conclude that Joseph Stalin was essentially a Red Tsar. The notion that Stalin was a ‘red Tsar’ is based on the fact that Stalin was committed to communism and his traditional ideas were reminiscent of Tsarist autocratic rule. For nearly two centuries Russia was ruled under the Tsarist autocratic government until it was overthrown during the 1917 revolution, which lead to the introduction of the first communist party in Russia and the leadership of Joseph Stalin.

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    momentous event of the twentieth century. It led to the creation of the Soviet Union, the first avowedly Communist nation in history, which was to become a global superpower, an inspiration to many, an object of the hatred of many more. Possibly more important was the role the memory of the October Revolution played in the

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    imagined the torturous ending his brother must have had. At the start of World War II, his father was sent away, captured by Germans, and didn’t return until the war’s end. As a child, Chikatilo spent most of his time reading books about the Russian partisans fighting Germans. He particularly enjoyed books about Russians who

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    describes Boris Pasternak’s life in “Boris Pasternak”: During his childhood, he lives in Moscow before he and his family escape the civil disarray by moving to Germany (par. 2). Later moving back to Moscow, Pasternak witness’s devastation, civil war, and Soviet repression that will plague the rest of his life (Mitzi par. 2 – 5). This brings his family to the decision to move back to Germany; however, not long after Germany and Russia’s peace treaty is broken, forcing a move once again (Mitzi par. 6). This

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    Indian Foreign Policy: Non Alignment in the midst of the Cold War At the onset of the cold war, the world was rapidly developing into two hostile camps, one dominated by the west – most particularly by the US – and the other by the USSR. The two superpowers differed only by ideology, the US with capitalism and the USSR with communism, but both sought to aggressively spread their ideologies and expand their spheres of influence to other sovereign nations. No means was spared in this expansion,

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    he attack on the Soviet Union was going to be the next step in Germany to world domination. Desiring to conquer almost all of Europe, Hitler was sure of his unconditional victory over the Soviet Union. In order for the attack to go smoothly, it was necessary to develop a plan for a military attack. This attack became the "Barbarossa" plan. The essence of the this operation was to attack the Red Army suddenly on its own territory and take advantage of unprepared troops and technical superiority,

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    elected. This lead to mass desertions from the trenches and the front. The situation was only improved with Order no. 1 by the Soviet as they took control over the army and created a democratized army that has been criticized by being too weak, but at that time it did settle the soldiers for a while. Furthermore, it gained stronger support from the soldiers to the Soviet power. With the peasantry the Bolsheviks did use the chaos in the countryside for their gain, but other than that they were not

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    The Siberian Work Camp and One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich       In Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn describes in three volumes the Russian prison system known as the gulag.  That work, like Kafka's The Trial, presents a culture and society where there is no justice - in or out of court.  Instead, there is a nameless, faceless, mysterious bureaucracy that imposes its will upon the people, coercing them to submit to the will of the state or face prison or death.  In One Day In

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    PAK-IRAN RELATIONS Chronicled BACKGROUND: After the chance of Pakistan in Aug 1947, Iran had the novel distinction of being the main country to overall distinguish the sovereign position of Pakistan. As of now, the two nations are financially savvy partners. This cooperation made due all through the Awesome War, with Iran helping Pakistan in its debate with main adversary, Local neighborhood Indian nearby. In return once more, Pakistan expanded Iran militarily amid the Iran– Iraq War in the Nineteen-eighties

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    Ethnical and religious cleavages in central and eastern Europe Does Europe exist? Where should be the borders? Russia and Turkey had a big influence on Europe as well. They dispatched parts of Europe for a long time. Of course the path dependency is present in these regions. The process of European integration started later there. European identity is difficult to describe. Distinction between east and west means post-communism (eastern). Central Europe: Czechs feel like being central Europeans

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