Essays on Russia

Throughout Russia’s political history, there have been many dramatic efforts to bring about change to its authoritarian-like system. Most policies were usually adopted or introduced but had little to no success and regarding the past patterns of politics in Russia, it would seem as if…

Stalin in World War 2 Winston Churchill provokes Russia: “Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” It was September 1939 World War 2 just started and the Soviet Union was one of the best powers in the world. At first it…

Gemstone and diamonds auctions make headlines each time with new prices. Diamonds are not just becoming so popular. People are investing in other stones such as rubies, sapphires and Alexandrite. Alexandrite is one of the colour changing stone which has amazing colour features where one…

The traditional thinking on Tsarism is of power hungry monarchs who sought to increase their own personal standing. Whilst the period following the Enlightenment saw an insurmountable amount of pressure placed on Tsarist Russia to reform, reformative thought is widely considered to only be apparent…

Russia in the late nineteenth century was more of a patriarchal society which men treated women very poorly and held only occupied all top positions of power both sociality and economically. During this time in Russia, the peasant’s society the men were the head of…

Russia is considered as having a diversified economy. Energy and commodities sector like oil, natural gas, petroleum, gold, and timber are a major source of revenue in the Russian economy. Industries with major presence in Russia include energy, mining, machinery, chemicals, aerospace, agriculture, defense, space…

Over the years, it has been concluded that there was Russian influence in the 1960 election. A U-2 surveillance plane operated by the CIA was shot down by the Soviet air force while flying near the city of Yekaterinburg. The U-2’s pilot, Francis Gary Powers,…

Anton Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard was written in 1903. It concerns an aristocratic Russian landowner who returns to her family estate, which includes a large and well-known cherry orchard. Just before it is auctioned to pay the mortgage. Unresponsive to offers to save the…

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin ruled the USSR1 from 1929 to his death on 5 March 1953 (history.com, 2018). When Joseph Stalin came into power during 1929, he believed that the USSR was under threat from the West and at this time, the Soviet Union was primarily…

The Prince, written by an Italian politician by the name of Niccolò Machiavelli, could be considered an instruction manual on how to be a successful ruler. His motto was that the ends justify the means, meaning that wrong doings can be justified by ones end…