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…, the Russian-born Kandinsky realized that he was an enemy in Munich, and decided to return to Moscow. While in Munich, Kandinsky lived through the October Revolution in 1917 and ensuing changes that occured afterwards. Kandinsky worked for the Soviet government…

…after effects were so great. (Rourke, 2) (3) It was a zero-sum game, in the end the costs were equal to the benefits On the one hand there were some mostly good things did come from the cold war: the freedom of the Russian people from a dictatorship…

…for example, German troops were given anabolic steroids to improve muscle strength as well as increasing aggressiveness to fight at war (Wadler and Hainline). The first abuse of steroids in sports did not occur until the 1950's, when Russian athletes began taking…

…has begun to deal more extensively with the suffering of other victims of the Nazi genocide. For example, homosexuals, Gypsies, prisoners of war, Russians, Poles, Catholic priests, Jehovah's Witnesses and others were more or less systematically murdered…

…the provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Serbia was insensed and sought Russian assistance. Germany became involved and Russia backed down. Finally two wars developed in the Balkans. The first Balkan war [1912] was between Turkey and the Balkan League [Serbia…

…-armaments from the US, and even these were only to be bought with cash. In contrast, Stalin was by necessity interested in European affairs, but only to the point of concern to the USSR. Russian foreign policy was fundamentally Leninist in its concern…

…to be bought with cash. In contrast, Stalin was by necessity interested in European affairs, but only to the point of concern to the USSR. Russian foreign policy was fundamentally Leninist in its concern to keep the USSR out of war. Stalin wanted to consolidate…

…with Russian officials on sharing information about each other’s military bases and arsenals in order to ease the tensions of The Cold War. The Russians disagreed, but the meeting still ended on a positive note, despite their refusal. In 1956, Eisenhower ran…

…), and that is most sharply delineated by the episode in which he draws a picture on a page of the Chumash. • Asher's absorption in his art turns him away from the service to the Rebbe and Russian Jews that the other members of his family have accepted…

…that a Russian mobilization would produce an invasion of France via Belgium. Each of the military plans involved the movement of enormous numbers of soldiers, supplies and equipment and was reliant on precise timing and logistical perfection. Although all…