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…laugh with their ridiculous speech patterns and rainbow colored wardrobes. European characters anger us and intimidate us with their strange accents and plans of world domination. Every Russian male I see in movies or TV is 6’4 250 pounds and carries a gun…

…Orwell's works to make generalised attacks on the left is problematic, even for the two novels championed thus - while Animal Farm is very clearly a deserved satire on the Soviet Union, its greatest criticism of the Russian leaders is that they sold out…

…compared to her neighboring countries. Nature easily ruled over most of the natives and serfs who lived as peasants or slaves. These are the folks who were relied on for labor, because of the lack of technology. The merciless Russian winters could bring…

…, tells a thought-provoking story of a man’s life living in a country lacking this special freedom. A Russian pastor, Georgi Vins is sentenced to a total of thirteen years in prison for his faith in Jesus. He is treated even more harshly than the murderers…

…drinking a white russian and wearing a pair of jelly sandals? Believe it or not, the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski falls into the genre of film noir. It takes all of the conventions of the genre and turns them upside down in a hilarious “whodunit…

…money to advance the competition with Russian Space Program. The Russians were the first in space but America was the first to put a man on the moon. The First Lady, Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy also played a part in the building of Camelot. Jackie set up…

…For hundreds of years Korea was dominated by the Chinese empire. After Japan was defeated by the allies in WW II., Korea became occupied by the Russians in the North and the Americans in the South. Both the U.S. and the Soviets realized that Korea…

…’ competitive edge over the Japanese, Koreans, Germans, Russians, and many other European countries is closely linked to its continued ability to attract and retain highly talented workers from other countries. The value of immigrants is not primarily measured…

…and stable currency that the Russians accurately saw as a threat to their own economic policies" (see Civilization in the West, 945). What proceeded was the blockade of Berlin by the Soviets. Western allies responded by airlifting food to West Berlin for almost…

…follows the attempt of the Soviet Union to overtake the Atlantic Ocean. They wish to accomplish this because it would give them the ability to launch an offensive on the United States. It begins with the destruction of a Soviet oil refinery. The Russian army…