Essays Tagged: "St. Petersburg"
The Adventures of Huck Finn, a novel written by Mark Twain
a runaway slave named Jim.Before he does so, however, Huck spends some time in the fictional town ofSt. Petersburg where a number of people attempt to influence him.Before the novel begins, Huck Finn ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
Alfred Nobel and the prizes named after him
Born in Stockholm in 1833 of Swedish parents, Alfred Nobel moved with his family to St. Petersburg, then the capital of Russia, at the age ofnine. There his energetic and inventive fat ... ic and inventive father soon acquired a strong and respected position as an inventor and industrialist. Nobelsubsequently lived in several countries and ultimately came to regard himself as a citizen ... ffered from poor health and often took cures at watering places, "less to drink the water than to rest." But he expectedgreat improvements in medicine, and the profession has since realized many of th ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Chemical Engineering
Early Influences on Hucleberry Finn, by Twain
a runaway slave named Jim.Before he does so, however, Huck spends some time in the fictional town ofSt. Petersburg where a number of people attempt to influence him.Before the novel begins, Huck Finn ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "The House of the Dead"
itary surgeon, Dostoyevsky grew up in the noble class. Heentered the military engineering school at St. Petersburg at age 16. Shortly aftergraduating, he resigned his commission and devoted all his ti ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Causes of the 1917 russian revolution
ery large empire, almost twice the size of China! If any riots were taking place a long way from St Petersburg, (the capital), it would be very difficult for the Tsar and his forces to reach them and ... ime. To try and solve the great problem of its size, an enormous railway was built. It starts in St Petersburg in the northwest and finishes in southeast Russia in Vladivostock. It was called the Tran ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain
runaway slave named Jim. Before he does so, however, Huck spends some time in the fictional town of St. Petersburg where a number of people attempt to influence him. Before the novel begins, Huck Finn ... character is described to the reader, and some people have looked upon the characterization as racist. However, before one begins to censor a novel it is important to separate the ideas of the author ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
The Palace of the Russian Tsar.
Palace was ordered to be built by Catherine the Great for her grandson, the future Alexander the First. She began to plan for the building when he was young and intended to give it to him when he beca ... Giacomo Quarenghi was the architect of the palace.He was born in Bergamo, Italy in 1744 and died in St. Petersburg in 1817. Quarenghi came from a family of artists. He was originally trained as a pain ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Tchaikovsky's Symphony in F Minor.
in fact, I would have to say that this is probably the element for which impacts the movement the most. He really makes large jumps between loud and soft because of the heavy use of the horns in this ... vement, though filled at times with total turmoil and confusion, just adds to and compliments the rest. This level of quality of composition shows the kind of talent that Tchaikovsky had at his comman ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
George Balanchine.
family (Aloff). His father was a musician and composer, his brother a pianist, and sister a violinist. Even with all the music in his home, Balanchine believed he would become one of the Tsar's cadet ... 515). His mother had another idea.One day, as his mother was visiting the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg, she decided that her son should audition to become a student. It was August and he h ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts
Trotsky's career.
ould then spread throughout the world. He was banished to Siberia again, and he worked as a journalist. At the outbreak of World War One, he was an active in pacifist and radical propaganda.Trotsky ha ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The russian revolution ad the people involved.
1850-1928)One of the founders of the "Geneva Group for the Federation of Labour." Together with the St. Petersburg-based "Union for Struggle of the Liberation of the Working Class," this was the found ... re 33 microfiche in the collection.KALININ, MIKHAIL IVANOVICH, 1875-1946Kalinin was a member of the St. Petersburg-based "Union for Struggle of the Liberation of the Working Class" and a founder of th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Tom Sawyer. In this bookreport i explain the book "Tom Sawyer" and all the major events of the book.
he Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain, this was exactly how it was for the children of St. Petersburg. In this book, the freedom and innocence of the children was clearly shown by examini ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
How has the movie, Animal Farm been an illustraiton of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath?
of the importance of symbolism throughout.While the czar was in power, in Russia, he had taken over St. Petersburg. The people of Russia had attempted to present a method of reform to the czar. The cz ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
In 'The Government Inspector', Nikolai Gogol '...resolved to gather into one heap all that was bad in Russia.' Playing the Mayor, illustrate how you would communicate this to an audience.
stem in Russia then got out of hand. This is exampled in Gogol's own life, as when he settled in St Petersburg in 1829, he had a certificate attesting his right to 'the rank of the 14th class.'The pro ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Charecter Journal for Huck Finn
k is the main character and narrator of the story. He is a 14-year-old boy who lives in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. During the different parts of the story, he appears differently. While liv ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
Alexander Kerensky
sk, Russia, on 22nd April, 1881. The son of a headmaster, Kerensky studied law at the University of St. Petersburg. In 1905 Kerensky joined the Socialist Revolutionary Party and became editor ... ditor of the radical newspaper, Burevestik. He was soon arrested and condemed exile. He returned to St. Petersburg in 1906 and found work as a lawyer. In the next few years he developed a reputation f ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Heinrich SChliemann Biography
fortune in the market. In 1847, at the age of twenty-five, Heinrich opened his own trading firm in St. Petersburg. He continued to prosper and foresaw an early retirement.He married Katerina Petrovna ... en west, Agamemnon would surely have mustered his troops in western Greece. So, Schliemann looked east.History held other clues, too. According to Homer, Troy was a very wealthy city, which meant it a ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) PART#1
a military surgeon. He was educated in his native city and at the School of Military Engineering at St. Petersburg, from which he graduated in 1843 with the grade of sublieutenant. The attraction of l ... , with his brother and thirty comrades, was arrested in April 1849, and thrown into the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul in St. Petersburg, where he wrote his story, "A Little Hero." On December 22d ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Alfred Nobel
mmanuel Nobel was again forced into bankruptcy. Immanuel and two of his sons, Alfred and Emil, left St. Petersburg together and returned to Stockholm. His other two sons, Robert and Ludvig, remained i ... penetrating mind of the scientist and inventor with the forward-looking dynamism of the industrialist. Nobel was very interested in social and peace-related issues and held what were considered radic ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Chemical Engineering
Position Paper The Silent Witness: The Case of Theresa Shiavo
is case.On the morning of February 25, 1990, Theresa Shiavo collapsed in the hallway of her home in St. Petersburg, Florida of what appeared to be heart failure. It is not known what caused the heart ... known that Terri had been concerned about her weight, and had been on a NutraSystems diet in the past. Doctors who examined her after she collapsed presumed that she had the eating disorder bulimia, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History