We tend to commemorate the anniversaries of triumphs and tragedies: Independence Day (July 4), the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7), Veterans Day (set on the date of the end of WWI, November 11), 9/11 (Patriot Day), etc. But, strangely, there’s no commemoration of perhaps the greatest tragedy — involving the largest loss of human ...
Stalin’s five year plan was launched and approved by the Communist party in 1928. Visualizing a “revolution from above”, Stalin’s goal was the swift industrialization and collectivization of agriculture in the Soviet Union. Stalin believed that the Soviet domestic policy should stop being driven by capitalism and the New Economic Policy as soon as possible. ...
Joseph Stalin began to rise through the ranks in Russia during the early 1900s. In 1917 the February Revolution took place. This proved to be the first stage of the Russian Revolution. This revolution resulted in the immediate expulsion of Tsar Nicholas II. During this time, Stalin supported Alexander Kerensky and the provisional government that ...
The character of Snowball, a wise pig who takes up the rebellion on the Jones Farm, is perhaps one of the most intriguing characters in George Orwell’s classic novel, Animal Farm. He is depicted as the most intelligent animal on the farm, inspiring the others upon the death of Old Major, a character who represents ...
I’ve always lacked confidence when it comes to job interviews. I usually felt my qualifications wouldn’t be enough, or I just wouldn’t be what they were looking for. I found it rather intimidating to be in a room alone with someone I’d never met, being grilled with questions I rarely knew the answers to. However, ...
