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Michael Wood: "In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great"

324 B.C. (Michael Wood: In the footsteps of Alexander the Great). Alexanders expedition was "a turning point in human history ... ...

Politics is Everything According to Alexis de Tocqueville

the 1920s" (Zaretsky, 2004, p. 39). Thanks to Lincolns brand of politics, America was well on its way to achieving superpower sta...

Research and Intervention for the Elderly

As our world continues to evolve we are faced with a greater and greater percentage of...

Religious Influences on Emily Dickinson

of God resides in all people, thus resulting in fundamental human goodness (Wohlpart, 2004). However, it is important to note tha...

Russian Culture and Sports

that, in the past, has been known for their incredible athletes and perhaps Russia more than any other nation has always related a...

Community Life

The student will want to address the fact that for those who already know how to make their situation better and have the desire t...

Tsarist Period Russian Peasants and Modern Workers Compared

slowly but surely being cast aside. It can be argued that with the weakening influence of World War I, reason and freedom stood l...

Comparative Analysis of Russian Theatrical Giants Vsevolod Meyerhold and Konstantin Stanislavsky

This paper consists of fourteen pages and compares the lives and contrasts the styles of direction represented by Russian theatric...

Public Life versus Private Life in The Aeneid, The Odyssey, and Oresteia

In four pages this paper compares and contrasts how the authors depict private life and public life in these ancient literary work...

Life, Moral Judgments, and 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In five pages this report examines whether or not Ivan's death represents a moral judgment resulting from his life in this classic...

Revolutionary Mathematician Solomon Lefschetz

In five pages Russian American Solomon Lefschetz is featured in this overview of his life and U.S. mathematical accomplishments. ...

Life and Times of Vlad Tepes, the Original Dracula

out of the hands of Vlad the III. (Vlad 1996) Vlad III eventually did manage to regain the thrown of Walachia by conspiring with...

A Biography 'Pavlova, 1881 to 1931' by A.H. Franks

This paper contains five pages and discusses the biography based on the life of a Russian ballerina and explores how successes, fa...

A History of Nationalism in Russia

of communist rule may appear to be an interruption in that long history, it was actually a logical stage in Russias development. U...

Socialism as Envisioned by Stalin and Gorbachev

This paper examines the ways that Gorbachev basically destroyed the socialist vision created by Stalin. The author addresses the ...

Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed

In five pages this report focuses upon Communist author John Reed's perceptions regarding the 1917 Russian Revolution and Bolshevi...

Logic of Life by Tim Harford

successfully wean people from this dangerous habit. He reports that economic analysis finds that "advertising for nicotine patch a...

Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie from a Humanistic Perspective

He reminds Albom (and readers) that, "Death is as natural as life. Its part of the deal we made" (Albom, 1997, p. 172). Everyone...

A Tribute to the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Who Brought Home the Medal

historical events. Instead there is an interplay between them, circumstance, and other major and minor players. At the time of t...

Experiences of Foreign Workers in Stalinist Russia

1991). In addition to a life-long love of engineering, Witkin appears to have had a great concern for justice and a passion for f...

Sochi Olympics, Conspiracy Theory

This essay concerns an argument that presents a conspiracy theory, which pertains to the twin suicide bombings that occurred one m...

Provincialism: Gogol, Chekhov

Using Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls and Anton Chekhov's The Duel, the writer discusses how each author addresses the topic of Russian...

Life in Mount Sinai, New York

Sinai, New York. It seems that members of the community treat us well. Do they treat people who are different less well? In gener...

Peter the Great

Theodore died in 1682. The lessons learnt during this periods concern politics and intrigue. The Naryshkin family wanted Peter to ...

Russian Visual Art and Influence of the West

as the line of demarcation between the East and the West. It is important to point out that our concept of...

The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith Critically Reviewed

will lead to prosperity for all citizens, rich and poor. He coined his approach to free trade "laissez-faire," which is a French ...

The Influence of Alexander Hamilton on U.S. Economics

of the country - in handling issues of economic and global nature (Alexander Hamilton, 2002). Hamilton was an "economic wizard" w...

Combined Influence of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

In six pages the combined albeit very different visions of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton had for America and their contr...

Russian Revolution and the Influence of Vladimir Lenin

concessions to the peasantry in 1921 (Service, 1995, pp. 22). He is considered, according to Service (1995), one of the most infl...

Russian Elections and Sociocultural Influences

In seven pages Russia's 1995 parliamentary elections are examined in terms of how they were influenced by various cultural and soc...