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Papers On Modern Russia / Former Soviet
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Catherine the Great of Russia
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(6pp) It has been argued that Catherine was an
educated ruler, not necessarily an enlightened one.
The argument being that the Enlightenment was a
time when people were discussing abstract ideas,
and attempting to reach consensus in the process.
However in Europe this was mainly discussion
between intellectuals, and since at the time of
Catherine's reign only two percent of her subjects
were literate, it would lead to a narrow ray of
enlightenment on the formal sense. With the data
out of the way, I believe that Catherine made every
effort, and did make, or cause change, considering
the social environment that was her arena.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BBcathRU.doc
Causes of the Russian Revolution
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This 5 page paper looks at the Russian Revolution and the conditions preceding it that caused the people to embrace Marxism. Details about Marxism and the revolution itself are included. The paper takes an analytic look at the facts. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: SA246Rus.rtf
Challenges Faced by a Newly-Independent Nation -- Croatia
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This
5 page report discusses the fact that some of the 21st century
world’s newest independent nations are actually nations with some
of the oldest cultures. However, for whatever political,
economic, or imperialistic reason they were able to escape, they
have found themselves facing the multiple challenges of
establishing their governments, determining their national
priorities, providing the social services their people need, and
paying for it all. Croatia is used as an example to illustrate
such a process. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWnewind.wps
Cold War Arms Control
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7 pages in length. The history of Cold War arms control is comprised of myriad elements, scores of political dignitaries and spans a number of years. With such grand and far-reaching components to the issue of disarmament, it is important for the student to address such topics as the Baruch plan, the principle of Mutually Assured Destruction, SALT I, SALT II, the ABM treaties, "flexible response" and European reaction, the French bid for leadership, Willi Brandt's Ostpolitik, Nixon's China Game, MBFR, Helsinki, the INF treaty and Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: TLCdsarm.rtf
Comparison of Russian Workers to Peasants in the Tsarist Period
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5 pages. This paper is a comparison of the Russian workers of today to the Russian peasants and village life in the late Tsarist period. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JGAtsars.rtf
Decline Of Imperial Russia
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A 5 page paper on the decline of Imperial Russia. The discussion involves the argument of whether the decline was doomed or merely unlucky, based on pages 528-611 of the book Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia by James Cracraft. The side that is taken is that of stating Imperial Russia was destined to fail in light of the fact that they refused to make necessary adjustments to the changes that were rapidly occurring throughout their continent, as well as the rest of the world. They ignorantly believed that they could uphold their tradition and follow their individual form of modernization without integrating themselves with anyone else. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Imprussi.wps
Defining a “Nation-State”
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This 10 page report discusses the
concept of the nation-state as it has existed throughout history
and as it currently exists. The concept of the nation state is
one that has been existence in human history for, literally,
millennia. At the dawn of the 21st century, there are historians,
social scientists, and political theorists who would argue that
the concept of the nation-states has become redundant with the
emergence of globalism and the new concept of nationalism that
has emerged with it. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWnstate.rtf
Democracies are Not Always Clones
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This nine-page-paper presents an in-depth discussion on the differences in two different democratic systems. using England and Czech Republic as examples it explains the nations age differences. Bibliography lists seven sources.
Filename: CWgoverme.wps
Dichotomies and Inconsistencies in Russian History
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This 5 page paper looks at the history of Russia with a focus on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The attitudes that created dichotomies and the nation's inconsistent policies are explored. The history of this nation is tied in to the state of affairs today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA346czr.rtf
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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This 9 page report discusses the reasons behind the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. For years, economists, politicians, sociologists and other theorists have been explaining the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ranging from hypotheses embracing the triumph of the individual human spirit to the economic mismanagement of the Soviet political structure, a vast array of possibilities has been proffered. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWussr.rtf
Education Reform in Lithuania, Japan and Canada
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This is a 16 page paper on education reform in Lithuania, Japan and Canada. The paper includes an outline and summary/introduction as well. Within the last decade, the countries of Lithuania, Japan and Canada have seen a great many education reforms. While in some cases, there are similar characteristics and trends in the reforms, in other cases, the reforms are considerably different. Since its independence, Lithuanian education reform has focused a great deal on renewing the curriculum to do away with all of the Soviet ideologies, creating an educational system which is similar and competitive with the European market yet also allow for autonomy of institutions for research and education which they were denied in the Soviet era. Japanese reforms have led to a system where the teachers and students are less reliant on a standard and limited curriculum and instead has recently emphasized less stress within the educational environment, shorter school weeks and hours spent in school and more emphasis on “integrated learning” where students are taught how to learn. Within the last two decades in Canada, education reform has undergone several processes. Some of the earlier processes were similar to those within Lithuania and Japan in regards to an integrated curriculum, however many teachers felt these programs were not well supported or consistent across the territorial and provincial systems. In addition, most education “reforms” in Canada within the last decade have focused more so on cost reduction which has not only removed the teachers from the reform process but has also had little consideration for the impact of significantly reduced spending on the students and learning.
Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: TJedref1.rtf
