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…"Anna Karenina", a Russian novel written by Leo Tolstoy, provokes the world of marriage, family, and adultery with its first line, "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." This provocative quote reflects on how…

…-year Harvard MBA student, joins the team along with a fellow classmate to enter the school's business plan contest. The founders of the company are two internationally accomplished musicians and a 1987 Harvard MBA, all Russian, who are trying to create…

…of the Auschwitz complex, called by some "the mother of all concentration camps. The manpower to build the camp came from 200,000 Russian prisoners of war who were forced to march from Russia to a camp at Lamsdord without any food. During these early days the Russians…

…performers can earn large salaries. Dancer's career problems are sometimes too much for them, which is very sad since dancing is such a beautiful art. GREAT DANCERS Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballerina who was known for her…

…and technical heights in the hands of the Americans Isaac Stern and Yehudi Menuhin, the Austrian-born Fritz Kreisler, the Russian-born Jascha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, and Nathan Milstein (who became U.S. citizens), the Hungarian Joseph Szigeti, and the Soviet David…

…Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina, upon its release received a mix critical reception, with Russian critics either condemning or applauding the novel primarily on its views of Russian society. Thematically, the novel…

…370). Bonaparte soon occupies Vienna and is ready to face other challenges to his expansion of European territories. The Austrian and Russian forces attack Bonaparte's army. The French emperor goes on the defeat the double assault at the Battle…

…machine-guns which favoured the defenders, and the use of rail for rapid military transport. The plan relied on the Russians either being incompetent and slow to mobilize, or just deciding to sit tight; the French also being slow to mobilize; and the Belgians…

…the Russians on the Eastern border. In less than a month Poland was completely occupied by Germany and Russia. Russia took up to the Curzon line and Germany annexed the all-German areas in the west. The center of Poland was left as a German Protectorate, where…

…but against the Russians on the Eastern border. In less than a month Poland was completely occupied by Germany and Russia. Russia took up to the Curzon line and Germany annexed the all German areas in the west. The center of Poland was left as a German Protectorate…