Essays Tagged: "Moscow"

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "The House of the Dead"

Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on Nov. 11, 1825. Ashis father was a former military surgeon, Dostoyevsky grew up in the nobl ...

(3 pages) 39 0 3.0 Jan/1994

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Corporate Culture

n example of such an organisation. You could walk in to a McDonald's restaurant in London, Tokyo or Moscow and expect to see staff dressed in the same uniform serving the same food from within restaur ...

(6 pages) 545 0 4.8 Mar/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Account For the Success of the Bolsheviks in October 1917.

eviks were in exile but by the end of 1917 the Bolshevik party had not only consolidated control of Moscow and Petrograd, but they were also advancing on the rest of the country. This success was due ... because of a lack of popular support. By the end of 1917 they only had control of the areas around Moscow and Petrograd and it took them a further three years to consolidate control over the rest of ...

(9 pages) 132 0 3.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Stanislavski's Theoretical System.

ateur theater built on his family estate, and took plastics (stage movement) and vocal lessons from Moscow's best teachers. 1884 marks the public debut of Konstantin Stanislavski--a name he adopted fr ... idden from his family. In 1888 Stanislavski, jointly with Komissarzhevski and Sollogub, founded the Moscow Society of Arts and Literature, while still being forced to work in the family business. It w ...

(4 pages) 53 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Peter the Great.

f Russia is coupled to the Westernization of Russia and its rise as a great power.Peter was born in Moscow through the second marriage of his father, Alexis I. Alexis I. ruled Russia from 1645 to 1676 ... bsburg Empire. From Vienna the tsar anticipated going to Italy, but in its place he hurried back to Moscow in the fall of 1698 at news of a rebellion of the streltsy. During his 18-month trip abroad, ...

(5 pages) 106 3 2.6 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

"The Slaves Of Spiegel" by Daniel Pinkwater.

d to cook for them. Steve and Norman both worked as cooks and managed a restaurant called the Magic Moscow in Hoboken, New Jersey. The Magic Moscow was an extraordinary restaurant because it featured ... inds, salads, and other foods, including sixteen flavors of ice cream. The aliens went to the Magic Moscow because it served all their favorite foods.The planet they came from, Spiegel, was inhabited ...

(1 pages) 25 0 0.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Fine Balance.

ople on the margins (economic, racial, religious margins) of society in Hitler's Berlin or Stalin's Moscow, a novel written by a refugee; you wouldn't expect a particularly happy ending would you ? Bu ...

(3 pages) 28 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Peter the Great.

s strong a nation as it currently is. Peter created the foundation for new Russia.Peter was born in Moscow, on June 9, 1672, the child of the second marriage of his father, Alexis I, who ruled Russia ... rebelled against musketeers who were part of Russia's top military forces. During this rebellion in Moscow, many of the Naryshkin's leading members were murdered, and the Miloslavskys took power from ...

(8 pages) 86 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Russian History: Ivan the Terrible: Was he simply a tyrant gone mad or was there method in his madness.

as theremore to his rule than violence?Ivan was born August 25th, 1530 to Grand Prince VasilyIII of Moscow and Yelena Glinskaya. When Ivan's father diedon December 4th, 1533 a three year old Ivan was ... aya. When Ivan's father diedon December 4th, 1533 a three year old Ivan was declaredGrand Prince of Moscow. Ivan's mother ruled in his nameuntil her death in 1538. Ivan suspected later on in hislife t ...

(6 pages) 59 1 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Peter the Great This essay is about what changes peter the great made during his reign in russian... other than that if u have any questions ask me

very smart person, and at the same time he was ill-mannered, and impolite.He hated everything about Moscow, especially the Kremlin. He hated the ornate and overly beautiful ceremonies and all illogica ... y the Kremlin. He hated the ornate and overly beautiful ceremonies and all illogical traditions, of Moscow. He was a true man's man. He enjoyed eating, smoking, drinking, making love, and having a goo ...

(8 pages) 64 0 3.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Understanding Organisations

n example of such an organisation. You could walk in to a McDonald's restaurant in London, Tokyo or Moscow and expect to see staff dressed in the same uniform serving the same food from within restaur ...

(5 pages) 89 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Chechnya Economic Political and Social

their family and loved ones will come to visit them often. Some other terrorists took hostages in a Moscow theater. They killed 129 of their hostages and 41 Chechen commandoes. This also means that th ...

(1 pages) 38 0 3.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

How far do you agree that the Cold War was caused by an unnecessary fear and suspicion that each side had for the other?

erican suspicion began during Yalta, for Stalin made it clear that Soviet expansionism would be the Moscow's imperative. The conference was very unsuccessful in the long run as, after World War II end ...

(3 pages) 69 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) PART#1

FYODOR MIKHAILOVITCH DOSTOEVSKY was born at Moscow on October 30, 1821, the son of a military surgeon. He was educated in his native city and at ...

(3 pages) 23 0 0.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

To what extent did the US deterrence successfully contain communism?

ving George Kennan's Long Telegram in February 1946. This telegram was sent by the US ambassador in Moscow, reporting on the destructive intentions of the USSR. Truman made his policy clear the next y ...

(5 pages) 77 0 4.2 Apr/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

The USSR and "sovietization" and how this expanded into the Eastern Europe.

SR adopted a policy of "sovietization" and set about its expansion into Eastern Europe, by creating Moscow-friendly satellite states. The USSR saw this as a purely defensive action, while the West saw ...

(5 pages) 37 0 4.5 Aug/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

Jerzy Grotowski.

g. Soon after graduation, he went to study directing at Lunacharsky Institute of Theatrical Arts in Moscow. During his stay in Moscow (until 1956) he learned about new trends in theatre pioneered by l ...

(3 pages) 44 0 4.3 Sep/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

Dmitri Mendeleev: Father of The Periodic Table.

t didn't relate to science insignificant, (dead), such as latin and history.The family relocated to Moscow to start over, but due to political turmoil the University wasn't excepting anyone that wasn' ... to start over, but due to political turmoil the University wasn't excepting anyone that wasn't from Moscow. Once again, they packed up and headed for St. Petersburg. With help from his fathers friend, ...

(2 pages) 18 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

A Short Biography of Osip Emilvevich Mandelstam.

in Warsaw, Poland, to a wealthy merchant family. He spent most of his early life in St. Petersburg, Moscow, where he attended the prestigious Tenishev School (1900-1907). From 1907 to 1910, he travele ... nitially hostile to the October Revolution of 1917. He briefly worked for the Education Ministry in Moscow in 1918, and made frequent trips to south of the Russian Empire. He viewed the newer poetry w ...

(2 pages) 23 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Ivan III

certain magnificence, and made him the most outstanding among princess who expanded principality of Moscow.From the start of his reign Ivan realized that he can't expand Russia's borders while Rus' wa ... 's independence and subjected the city to his entire will and had become sovereign there just as in Moscow. This was a great step toward transforming Russia into an absolute monarchy.It is significant ...

(2 pages) 16 0 4.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History