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…Extra Credit Paper – Chapter 17 The great Russian composers of the early twentieth century, for the most part, experienced two portions to their lives. They were born, raised, and trained in tsarist Russia, but spent the majority of their composing…

…the predicted doom is not likely to occur at all. Richard Layard and John Parker, in their book The Coming Russian Boom, predict that the Russian economy will soon grow by 4% a year for at least a decade. While some skeptics still scoff at such optimism…

…On October 6, 1999 the news hour with Jim Lehrer air a focus topic called “Following the Money”. This focus discussion dealt with the Russian Bank Scandal. This scandal deals with the transfer of about seven billions dollars out of the Bank of New York…

…+The Who *Vladimir Ilich Lenin -1870-1924 -He became the chairman of the Military Committee of the Petrograd Soviet in September 1917. -Leader and organizer of the Bolsheviks. -The Bolsheviks were members of the Russian Communist Party. -Lenin…

…All of the characters in Animal farm have counterparts in real life. This book was based on the Russian Revolution, and all the important populace of the revolution are symbolized. Some of the animals represent individuals in the Russian Revolution…

…The Russian Mafia Controlling Russia When people from western countries view Russia, all that they may see is an unbalanced nation with a bankrupt economy, and a failing government. Times in Russia seem to be often tumultuous, and it is looked…

…to Prime Minister. Due to his dedication and similarities, Mr. Yeltsin exonerates Vladimir as the man he’d like to see as President. It is nice to know that Mr. Yeltsin admires Vladimir Putin but it sure doesn’t thrill me knowing that the Russian Duma voted…

…The combination of factors that brought tension into the Russian society reached the top point in 1905; revolution took place because of military, economic, and political reasons. The failure of the war against Japan was one of the main short-term…

…Russian WWII Offensive of 1941- It was devastatingly cold in the Russian winter of 1941, during the peak of the German offensive against Moscow. Just as it had Napoleon's armies in the century before, the Russian winter conditions had stopped…

…factors. Lenin, the political leader of Russia at that time, was an efficient leader. He knew that there would be people who would oppose Bolshevik rule and therefore pulled Russia out of WWI. This allowed the Bolsheviks to concentrate on fighting one war…