of the company’s shares up for auction. Shortly after, YUKOS became Russia’s first privately owned oil company. Under the direction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, YUKOS restructured and became a very profitable company. This success did not come without difficulties as YUKOS’s delivery system could not keep up with the company’s increasing output. But Khodorkovsky was up to the challenge and by 2003, not only was LUKOS Russia’s largest oil company, but a company respected worldwide and lauded for its
Gargantua and Pantagruel The story of Gargantua and Pantagruel is basically a satirical story of the french writer Francois Rabelais. Francois tells of the adventures of two giants, father and son, Gargantua and Pantagruel. They make fun of the vices and foolishness of the people and institutions of Rabelais's time. His humor is at times so dark and his criticism of the Roman Catholic Church so telling that it is difficult to believe that for most of his life he was a priest. I believe
contend. Sometimes evil comes from within a character, and sometimes other characters are the source of evil; but evil is always something that the characters struggle to overcome. In two Russian novels, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, men and women cope with their problems differently. Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment and the Master in The Master and Margarita can not cope and fall apart, whereas Sonya in Crime and Punishment and Margarita
What Makes a Great President? You have probably heard the old saying that "anybody can grow up to be President." But, not everybody is cut out to be President. It takes a special kind of person, someone tough, smart, and driven, just to run for the job. It takes still more talent and character to hold up under the pressures of life in the White House. Great presidents are skilled party leaders. In the 1930s, FDR rebuilt his party by forging a coalition that delivered five straight presidential
Ronald Reagan was the true political icon of the twentieth century. The former president is one of the most beloved in American history, and was one of the most respected by foreign nations. Ronald Reagan’s political influence was unprecedented and changed the course of international history. Ronald Reagan began spreading his political opinion in a way most future politicians do not – acting. Reagan was a young and vibrant man which made him perfect for roles in the media. He had far more influence
the television, while Tristram, his son, ‘the last gasp of the imperial Hazard family’ (page 10), appears to be a victim of American cultural imperialism as he hosts a TV game show called ‘Lashings of Lolly’, in which money replaces culture. Mikhail Bakhtin, a 20th century Russian critic, studied the works of the medieval French writer and satirist, Rabelais, and defined the context of his work as medieval carnival. The decline and fall of everything deemed holy and the promotion of the profane
Throughout human history time has always seemed to provide mankind with a sort of guide. As we learn to depend on these guides’ strengths and powers, we forget our own, causing us to admire their every aspect, to desire to be in their presence at all times. We turn them into heroes whether they wish for it or not, forcing them to live up to our own expectations. Whether these heroes walk the earth, pure of sin, healing and teaching; whether they wear a camouflage uniform fighting for their country
Twyla Tharp Twyla Tharp, an American dancer and choreographer, was born on July 1, 1941 in Portland, Oregon. When Twyla was a child her and her parents moved to Southern California and the family opened a drive-in movie theater the Twyla worked at from the age of eight. Twyla began taking piano lessons at the age of two and dance lessons at the age of four. Twyla’s mother wanted her daughter to be accomplished in many fields so she enrolled her daughter in various arts and other classes such as French
During the Nutcracker, you watch as the Sugar Plum Fairy seemingly floats across the stage, does 32 fouettes on pointe and still makes it all look effortless. Little do you know how physically straining it is on her body and then you take into account her eating disorder. She constantly purges just so she can fit into the corset costume that the Sugar Plum Fairy before her fit into. Why might so many ballerinas think this is okay? I’m going to explore a few reasons why I believe ballerinas think
TS Eliot’s Portrait of a Lady and Dialogism There seems to be an air of paradox in bringing a theory on the novel as a genre and the most famous Anglo-American modernist poet as a whole. Mikhail Bakhtin’s seminal study of ‘Discourse in the Novel’, written in 1934-35, and finally appearing in English translation in 1981, offers us an account of the difference between ‘poetic discourse’ and ‘novelistic discourse’. The division is not strictly a difference in to the novel and the poetry as genres
Mikhail Gorbachev was born on March 2nd, 1931 in Stavropol, Russia Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. His family consisted of migrants from Voronezh Region and Chernigov Province of Ukraine. His father, Sergei, operated a combine harvester for a living, and was a World War II veteran. His mother, Maria, worked on a collective farm her whole life. As a child growing up in a native village Privolnoye, Mikhail, his two sisters, his parents, and close relatives all faced the Soviet famine from 1932-1933
Since the end of the cold war, tensions between the United States and Russian have increased. Although no fighting had occurred between the two countries during the cold war, nuclear missile threats had caused a lot of fear to the citizens. As Boris Yeltsin came into power, tensions started to decrease because of his beliefs of democracy; but as Vladimir Putin came into power in 2000, tensions increased causing panic about another possible world war; most likely containing nuclear weapons. Born in
Over the decades and centuries many honorable people have come and gone. Their actions have shaped the world we know today. Examples of such people are Seikei, a fictional character but still an honorable one, Mother Teresa, and Ronald W. Reagan. Except for the fact that they are all virtuous these people are very different. Throughout the book, The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn, by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, Seikei is portrayed as a trustworthy and nobel person. In the beginning Seikei’s righteous behavior
(1997) suggests this view is an exaggeration, and that Reagan in fact “changed very little on the ground and certainly was not sufficient to explain the radical change”. He proposes instead that the cause for change was primarily the “new thinking” of Mikhail
The long lasting Cold war has come to an end. As a result, new risks were taken to build and influence a new world, whether it would be new perceptions, leaders or ideas. In “President Ronald Reagan’s Successful Strategy of Negotiating from Strength,” John Lewis Gaddis argues President Ronald Reagan’s leadership skills brought the Cold War to an end, but he fails to realize that the end of the Cold War is forced by the economic issues of the time, domestic politics and the rise of nationalism.
When someone dies, no matter who, everyone they came across in life comes to say goodbye and relive old cherished memories. This is no different for former presidents. When former president Ronald Reagan passed away, the former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, a dear friend to Reagan, had to say goodbye. Through a heartfelt eulogy, Thatcher convinces audiences around the entire world that the world truly will miss the great American hero. By using repetition, structure, and pathos, Thatcher convinces
years. Ballet originates to the Renaissance of France and Italy. It was used to celebrate royal occasions, also it was a common ballroom dance. Some of ballet's greatest contributors are King Louis XIV, Pierre Beauchamps, George Balanchine, and Mikhail Baryshnikov. King Louis XIV was an avid supporter of early ballet. He was also a famous performer. His nick name was “Sun King” because he played the Greek Sun God Apollo in Le Ballet de la Nuitor (The Ballet of the Night). Pierre Beauchamps was
As their relationship continued to grow, Reagan asked Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Though Gorbachev did not want to do this at first, after almost two and a half years, he destroyed the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was a communist sign which is why Reagan felt the need to ask that it be destroyed. When the process of destroying the Berlin Wall began, Reagan’s time in the Whitehouse was over. The destruction of the Berlin Wall was a milestone for Reagan, and so once he had left office
In Bakhtin’s text “Rabelais and His World,” the author seeks to expand the social and literary theories of the carnival and grotesque, stating “it had an important place in the life of the medieval man” (Bakhtin 5). In short, Bakhtin uses French writer Francois Rabelais’ work to contrast the conceptual differences between official ceremony and the carnival. As a form of human culture, the official ceremony presents monolithic themes of hierarchy and politics in a stable and pure setting (Bakhtin
Nihilism is more than repudiating, believing in nothing, and lack of morals and principles in Russia. It does include these characteristics, however there is more to it then what is on the surface. Before we can discuss what nihilism is for the Russian, we have to examine what chained of events occurred that ultimately created this subculture. During Alexander II’s civic reforms, various oppositional movements emerged challenging the empire. Alexander II restored to some extent polish autonomy, expanded