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War And Peace Death Of Ivan
1,590 wordsWho can forget Greta Garbo's performance of a lifetime as a woman torn between two lovers and a son in MGM's 1935 Anna Karenina? This breathtaking movie is based upon a novel by Leo Tolstoy. Shakespeare and Homer are two of the greatest writers of all times. One Russian author ranks right up there with those two legends: Leo Tolstoy. After completing nine major novels, three major essays, five major novellas, and three major dramas, this realist is known for his innovative literary style. The ev...
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Polish Government Modern Times
1,107 wordsWhat was the Cossack Movement? Who were the Cossacks? Why is the Cossack experience important to the history of modern Ukraine? In the late 15 th and early 16 th centuries a new group of people formed in the country of Ukraine. This group wanted many new ideals and options in life that had been previously withheld from them. This was a group of freedom and fortune seekers who did not want to be subjugated to the land. These people had little or no interests in religion. Their interests concerned...
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War And Peace Tells The Story
1,227 wordsHow Much Land Does A Man Need? , " by Leo Tolstoy was influenced by his life and times. Leo Tolstoy encountered many things throughout his life that influenced his works. His life itself influenced him, along with poverty, greed and peasant days in 19 th century Russia. Tolstoy's eventful life impacted his works. Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy was born into a family of aristocratic landowners in 1828 at the family estate at Yasnaya Polyana, a place south of Moscow. His parents died in the 1930 s when ...
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Black Sea Catherine Russia
587 wordsCatherine II, or Catherine the Great, empress of Russia (1762 - 96), did much to transform Russia into a modern country. Originally named Sophie Frederick Augusta, she was born in Szczecin, Poland, on May 2, 1729. She was the daughter of the German prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. At the age of 15 she went to Russia to become the wife of Peter, who is a nephew and a heir of Empress Elizabeth. Elizabeth died on Dec. 25, 1761, and Catherines husband succeeded as Peter III. The new ruler soon made himself ...
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2 Nd Edition Eastern Europe
838 wordsHetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky Bohdan Zenoviy Khmelnytsky was one of the most influential rulers of Eastern Europe, but not known as well as other great leaders such as Napoleon, because of the way he led the great Ukrainian uprising, or The Great Revolt of 1648 (Subtelny, 123). Born about 1595, though the exact date and place is unknown, Khmelnytsky was the son of a minor Ukrainian nobleman named Mykhaylo Khmelnytsky. Mykhaylo served the royal Hetman Stanislaw Zolkiewski and his son-in-law, Jan Dani...
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War And Peace Death Of Ivan
1,595 wordsMaster of Realism and Man of Truth Who can forget Greta Garbos performance of a lifetime as a woman torn between two lovers and a son in Mgm's 1935 Anna Karenina? This breathtaking movie is based upon a novel by Leo Tolstoy. Shakespeare and Homer are two of the greatest writers of all times. One Russian author ranks right up there with those two legends: Leo Tolstoy. After completing nine major novels, three major essays, five major novellas, and three major dramas, this realist is known for his...
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