Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler, a Nazi and a communist, would likely go down in history as two of the greatest recognized and corrupt leaders of the twentieth century. There were many factors that could have possibly turned the two men into the menaces they became. Many people also wonder what sort of upbringing could […]
Dictators are not born as ruthless adults. They are born as innocent children. They are someone’s son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter. They are born like all other children, with the potential to be loved. Knowing that, it is hard to fathom just how Adolf Hitler, of Germany, and Joseph Stalin, of the Union of […]
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Get startedThe Soviet Union was first formed on December 30th, 1922, by the Bolshevik party led by Vladimir Lenin. During the Russian revolution, the Red Army, consisting of socialists led by Vladimir Lenin, was fighting the White Army, consisting of a mix of monarchists, capitalists, and democratic socialists, for control. When the civil war was ended, […]
Joseph Stalin is a globally recognized name for using dictatorial elements such as purges and labor camps to invoke terror. Nearly half of Russia, however, still view him as one of their greatest leaders. During his reign, Stalin caused the unjust death of 23 million people, many of whom were innocent Russian citizens (Wills). A […]
Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Til Schweiger, and Melanie Laurent. The film tells the alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany’s leadership, one planned by Shosanna Dreyfus, a young French Jewish cinema […]
I think that the book Animal Farm should be read and talked about in school. In the book Animal Farm they teach some key lessons that are still useful in today’s culture. Communism is discussed throughout the book teaching others the thought some have on the Russian revolution. Animal Farm shows the power that someone […]
You might think our society with “The Giver” is way different, but they are still similar in ways. The story is how a community is totally controlled in order to have a perfect world. This applicable to modern society because people are becoming more and more controlled with less freedom. In the story “The Giver” […]
Sixty-three percent of Russians believe so-called “gay propaganda” is destroying “the spiritual values” of their country. This was the result of a survey released last month by a Russian pollster. About a week earlier, a Russian court fined Maxim Neverov, a sixteen-year-old boy, 50,000 rubles (around $700) under a 2013 law banning gay propaganda. He […]
Twenty-two years after the Russian Revolution ended, George Orwell published his world-renowned novel, Animal Farm. The novel itself attracted an immense amount of attention and became a commercial success over the years that followed. Orwell’s intention while writing Animal Farm was to depict the Russian Revolution of 1917 using clever symbolism and allegories that accurately portrayed […]
It was the early 20th century. Russia’s economy was booming. Jobs were being created, people began to relocate to cities with more factories in hope that they will be able to prosper in this new age. As they prospered, they hoped to “form political parties and band together to demand change for the horrible working […]
