Reason # 1 Central Asia as part of the USSR As part of the Soviet Union until 1991, the region was generally closed to mass tourism. Popular among Russian alpinists and explorers, Central Asia had the highest mountain peaks in the Soviet Union. Issyk-Kul, the enormous mountain lake in Kyrg...
Did the Continental Congress want to seize Fort Ticonderoga? Was Vienna or Venice a part of the Ottoman Empire? Did Austria-Hungary sign the Treaty of Versailles? Did Russia violate the Monroe Doctrine? Did the Treaty of Versailles split Austria-Hungary? Did the Russian Empire rule over Turkey...
After Kyivan Rus’ was split into fragments, the territory would come to be contested and ruled over by various powers. In the following centuries, Lithuania, Poland, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Russia would all try to stake their claim over the region. During the 17th and 18th...
the Bolsheviks and the USSR came to represent "socialism" even as they systematically destroyed the basis of real socialism. By transforming the soviets into state bodies, substituting party power for soviet power, undermining the factory committees, eliminating democracy in the...
Before the advent of Islam into India, there was a sort of intellectual and political torpor in the country. It is important to note that before the...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your ...
“Turkey,” wrote Samuel Huntington, “is a typical torn country,” meaning that it is split between the generally European orientation of its elite and the much more Muslim outlook of the “poorer and rural” segments of society. See Odom (1997). 6 For Danilevsky's “breathtaking spatial ...
We actually get this all the time with people asking to split a thread off into a new topic, leaving the existing thread to die on it's own or continue with what it was doing.This forum isn't like a standing room only pub, it effectively has tables that people book to discuss a ...
The war was between the North and South Vietnamese however the United states got involved to help the South avoid falling into the communist ways just as the North did. There were some positive aspects in the war, however there seemed to be more negative situations and opinions that ...
Even though it's a shitty example of communism; the USSR. Absolutely pasting the West in terms of economic growth for decades, and so wildly successful it turned a backwards nation into a global superpower. This is simple historical fact. And no, that it collapsed is not an...
It was an executive body elected by the soviet congress, but the soviets themselves were not turned into "working bodies." Thus the promises of Lenin’s State and Revolution did not last the night. As indicated in section 5, the Bolsheviks clearly knew that the Soviets had alienated their ...