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  Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Soviet Union was established in December 1922 as the union of the Russian (colloquially known as Bolshevist Russia), Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Transcaucasian Soviet republics ruled by Bolshevik parties.
Modern revolutionary activity in the Russian Empire began with the Decembrist Revolt of 1825, and although serfdom was abolished in 1861, its abolition was achieved on terms unfavorable to the peasants and served to encourage revolutionaries.
In some non-Russian regions ostensible green movements or ecological movements were thinly disguised national movements in support of the protection of natural resources and the national patrimony generally from control by ministries in Moscow.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soviet_Union   (7532 words)

  
 Indonesia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Indonesia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Islam was a convenient symbol for resistance and nationalism: its spread through the archipelago had been accelerated by the arrival of the Spaniards and the Portuguese in the 16th century (as a kind of extension of the Mediterranean conflict and partly, too, as a proto-nationalist gesture).
A series of student demonstrations in Jakarta, as well as in Medan, Yogyakarta, and Bandung in May led to clashes with police in which at least 12 students were killed and dozens injured.
The students, who claimed their action was peaceful, were calling for the removal of President Suharto and protesting at the rise in fuel prices.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Indonesia   (6323 words)

  
 Soviet Union   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The Soviet Union was established in December 1922 as the union of the Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Transcaucasian Soviet republics ruled by Bolshevik parties.
Revolutionary activity in Russia began with the Decembrist Revolt, uncovered in 1825, and although serfdom was abolished in 1861, its abolition was achieved on terms unfavorable to the peasants and served to encourage revolutionaries.
The autocracy was replaced by the Provisional Government, whose leaders intended to establish democracy in Russia and to continue participating on the side of the Allies in World War I.
soviet-union.ask.dyndns.dk   (4275 words)

  
 Mao Zedong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The eldest son of Four children of a moderately prosperous peasant farmer, Mao Zedong was born in the village of Shaoshan in Xiangtan county (&28248;&28525;&32291;), Hunan province.
In early 1927, he was dispatched to Hunan province to report on the recent peasant uprisings in the wake of the Northern Expedition.
Land was redistributed from landowners to poor peasants and large-scale industrialization projects were undertaken, contributing to the construction of a modern national infrastructure.
mao-zedong.iqnaut.net   (3694 words)

  
 Glossary of People: Ma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
A brilliant propagandist, he convinced many workers of the correctness of Marxist principles but was unable to intervene effectively in the enormous class battles on Clydeside during the war or to turn the syndicalist prejudices of the shop stewards in a political direction.
The son of a peasant farmer, Mao Tse-tung was born in the village of Shao Shan, Hunan province in China.
In uniting the labor movement of various forms of non-proletarian socialism (Mazzini, Proudhon, Bakunin, liberal trade-unionism in Britain, Lassallean deviations to the right, etc.), and in combating the theories of all these sects and schools, Marx here hammered out uniform tactics for the proletarian struggle of the working in the various countries.
www.marxists.org /glossary/people/m/a.htm   (9026 words)

  
 Jewish History 1900   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Daughter of Samuel Montagu, Lord Swaythling (of the United Synagogue movement), she joined Claude Joseph Montefiore (a great-nephew of Sir Moses Montefiore) to develop the first Liberal Synagogue in London.
Joffe was also one of the originators of the idea of Moshav Ovdim "workers’ cooperative settlement" This was different than a kibbutz in that families had their own farms and lived in their own houses although there were cooperative purchasing and marketing.
Aaron David Gordon (1856-1922), one of its founders, was considered to be the "Apostle" of the kibbutz movement.
www.davidsconsultants.com /jewishhistory/history.php?startyear=1900&en...   (3989 words)

  
 MBR: Internet Bookwatch, December 2003
It's organized so keywords for finding such information are highlighted, making it easy for students to use this e-dictionary in conjunction with the computer but the visual displays and color paired with the basic facts are plenty to also make this stand along as a superior reference.
Individual chapters specifically address how to most effectively work with student victims and their parents; how to confront perpetrators and their crimes; as well as the skills needed to enact effective intervention.
The collaborative effort of former animal shelter workers and animal rights activists Diane Leigh and Marilee Geyer, One At A Time: A Week In An American Animal Shelter is a true account of seven days in an animal shelter, featuring profiles of the pets taken in during that span of time.
www.midwestbookreview.com /ibw/dec_03.htm   (14486 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Political pressure groups and leaders
Confederation of Cypriot Workers or SEK (pro-West); Confederation of Revolutionary Labor Unions or Dev-Is; Federation of Turkish Cypriot Labor Unions or Turk-Sen; Pan-Cyprian Labor Federation or PEO (Communist controlled)
Christian Movement for the Liberation of Guadeloupe or KLPG; General Federation of Guadeloupe Workers or CGT-G; General Union of Guadeloupe Workers or UGTG; Movement for Independent Guadeloupe or MPGI
Patriotic Movement of the Ghanda Koye or MPGK; United Movement and Fronts of Azawad or MFUA
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2115.html   (2066 words)

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