Fundamental Transformations between the Reigns of Peter the Great and Alexander II

History & geography   |   Medieval history   |   Presentation   |   10/08/2007   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Fundamental Transformations between the Reigns of Peter the Great and Alexander II. Introduction: Peter the great; Peter's focus on ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction: Peter the great. Peter's focus on architecture and arts . The cultural life in Russia . Catherine the great. The seed of intellectualism . The major theme of Catherine's reforms . The change in the relationship between the state and...»

History of Russia: A look at the Russian political gravity

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   12/18/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « Most notably, under Alexander II, serfdom was abolished with the Act of and her official Westernization began under the reign of Peter the Great, the first ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Autocratic rule in Russia.. The Kievan state.. Appanage Russia.. The center of Russian political gravity.. Ivan III's defeat of the Mongols.. Ivan III's formal introduction of a new centralizing rule and a struggle for...»

Society Woman: Days of a Russian Noblewoman

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   05/29/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « 1818-1819, after she had married her second husband Alexander Labzin, a of the Mining College, the bureacractic sector set up by Peter the Great, and this ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Trying to understand her husband's nature. The move to Siberia . The role of an obedient 'orphan' . Her old-fashioned beliefs . Her old-fashioned practices . Labzina's insights into the Freemasons. Disregarding Labzina for her...»

Is Russian political culture a serious obstacle to democratization?

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « by the man of the street, together with Peter the Great in a public speech that the Great Patriotic War such as Nikolai Petro or James Alexander, stress that ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Seventy years of communism.. An illiberal political culture.. The importance of which should not be overestimated.. Russian Presidents as elected czars?. The political culture of Russian leaders.. Propects for democracy in Putin's...»

Theoretical explanations of the period of peace between Japan and the USA (from 1945 onwards)

Political science   |   International relations   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « display of troops sent principally by the USA and Great Britain Armonk, NY, 1993) -Jepperson (Ronald L.), Wendt (Alexander) et Katzenstein (Peter J.), "Norms ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Peace between Japan and USA.. The great continuity of the foreign policy of the two countries concerning each other.. Achievement of stability.. The 1951 peace treaty.. Japan's dependency on the US.. The illustration of the balance of...»

China and the USSR in the 1950's: Has China been a satellite-State of the Soviet Union?

Political science   |   International relations   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « links with some Western countries such as Great Britain and Moscow or Peking?, Alexander Metaxas, p10 China and the Soviet Union 1949-1984, Peter Jones and ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The first few months or few years of the creation of the People's Republic of China.. The communist struggle for power.. The USSR's attempt to increase its influence on China.. The mutual willingness to create strong ties between the...»

Alternative energy

Political science   |   Ecology & environment   |   Presentation   |   10/01/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « in the year 1839, by French physicist Alexander Edmond Becquerel well as reductions in cost are the great Achievements in Marci Bortman and Peter Brimblecombe. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Abstract.. Introduction.. The alternate energy sources available to us.. Wind energy.. Solar energy.. Thermal energy. . Hydroelectric energy.. Electric utilities.. Harnessing of the solar energy.. Impact.. Key elements of a renewable-intensive...»

Domesticity and the siege of Leningrad

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   07/28/2008   |   .doc   |   20 pages
Document abstract : « the Beginning to the End, historian Peter Kenez touches emerged a sort of neo-Great Russian nationalism in concepts such as Eisenstein s Alexander Nevsky were ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The importance of holidays, both religious and secular.. The importance of day to day domesticity.. Conclusion.....»

The creation of the faculty of economics and business at the University of Sydney at the turn of the twentieth century

Social studies   |   Educational studies   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « That was also a great improvement even if St Clifford (with Ursula Bygott, and Peter Chippendale), Australia's p. 14 Secondary Sources Alexander, F. Australia ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The idea of teaching economics in the University of Sydney.. This conflicting process to get a faculty of economics and commerce.. Educational problems in Sydney and Melbourne.. The two ways to study at the University of...»

European diplomacy: from the Bismarckian System and the Realpolitik to the pre-WW1 Alliances and the Weltpolitik

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   01/19/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « of Counter-Insurance , which conducts tsar Alexander III (though the support of Russia and Great Britain. Croatians and Slovenians regard King Peter Is little ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. 1871-1890: The Bismarckian System, a will to isolate France and rule Europe.. A system based on France's isolation.. A system based on a certain equilibrium among European main powers.. 1890-1907: Triple Alliance and Triple Entente,...»

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