Yalta Essays

  • Love in Anton Chekhov’s The Lady with the Dog

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    The Russian attitude toward love during Chekhov’s time is very patriarchal and is considered normal to marry for practical reasons, parental pressures or other considerations rather than for love. The feelings that accompany love, such as passion and spirituality, are not a societal consideration and this institutional attitude toward human emotion is the catalyst for Chekhov’s story. When a person is deprived of love, he or she builds up a futility of life which consumes the human soul. In Anton

  • The Lady With The Dog Summary

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    characters intend or expect it to be. Both of them are on vacation in Yalta, away from their spouses. During the story we see how and when the characters change according to the events in their lives. The end of the story is realistically possible because there is no idea of what may happen next. This short story is divided into four sections. First section is about Anna Sergeveyna and Dmitri Gurov’s initial meeting in Yalta. The way Chekhov begins this story it shows us that Dmitri is nothing

  • The Yalta Conference

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    The Yalta Conference was one of the most important events in history, let alone, this century. It took place from February 4 to February 11, 1945, at Yalta, Crimea, a port/resort. The three main individuals at this meeting were Churchill of Great Britain, Roosevelt of the United States and Stalin of the U.S.S.R, known back then, and now known as Russia. This meeting was to discuss the post war effects. The publics opinion of this was of a great Anglo-American- Soviet friendship. The agreement that

  • Essay On The Yalta Conference

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    The Yalta Conference From the days of February 4th-11th in 1945, three major Allied leaders consisting of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin all met for a very important meeting. What kind of a meeting could bring these three political figures together into one room? This specific meeting was known as the Yalta Conference, which was held at Yalta in Crimea (Britannica, Yalta Conference). In the yalta conference, the leaders of three very influential nations consisting of

  • The Decisions of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin in WWII

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    influential leaders in their time. While they didn’t always agree and cooperate with each other, they put aside their differences to save the world from a Nazi regime. The Big Three cooperated and planned with each other at the Tehran Conference and the Yalta Conference to strategize attacks on the Japanese and Germans, to form the United Nations, figure out Germany’s division and reparations, and countries’ new boundaries. The Big Three met first in Iran’s capital, Tehran, where they covered four main

  • The Big Three and Their Decisions in World War II

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    The Big Three were all present, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the United States, Joseph Stalin, Premier of the Soviet Union, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill from Great Britain. Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met at the Teheran and Yalta Conferences to decide the coordination of attacks on Germany and Japan, the post war territorial boundaries, the division of Germany and whether or not the nation should pay reparations, and the creation of the United Nations. Afterwards, the conferences

  • Roosevelt's Responsibility for the Cold War

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    his World War II ally allowed Stalin to quickly secure the Eastern front of Russia placing the nation in a position of power in Europe. However in the context of the post-war period this policy of appeasement and gratuitous diplomacy during the Yalta conference was not significant in starting the Cold War because it produced no immediate results that would have triggered such a dispute. Truman on the other hand, created an ideological discord between communism and capitalism that was unprecedented

  • The Yalta Conference During The Cold War

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    The Yalta Conference The most famous precursor to the Cold War was the Yalta conference during the end of World War II. The leader of the Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin), the prime minister of Britain (Winston Churchill), and the president of the United States (Franklin Roosevelt) met in a former vacation place of the czars called Yalta. Each leader had his own ambitions for their countries and disagreements were bound to arise. Churchill wanted no country to have too much power in Europe which contradicted

  • Comparison Between The Yalta And Potsdam Conferences

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    Conclusion: In conclusion the Yalta and Potsdam conferences of 1945 had been a pinnacle point of rebuilding Europe but also in causing the spread of communism through out Eastern Europe namely Poland by Roosevelt desperate to defeat the Japanese out of pride giving into the demands of the soviets in exchange for their involvement which would never materialize due to President Truman (the atomic bomb) and the results of the first conference. This ultimately would lead to tensions between the two

  • South Korea

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    Korea the name of the Hermit kingdom. In 1910, Japan annexed Korea and enforced ruthless control, outlawing Korean culture and language. Despite resistance, several generations grew up more familiar with Japanese than with Korean customs. At the Yalta Conference at the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union jointly established temporary administrative trusteeship over Korea until democratic elections could be held. Japanese forces south of the thirty-eighth parallel surrendered

  • Alger Hiss Spy Case

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    starting in 1936, the State Department. In the summer of 1944 he was a staff member at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, which created the blueprint for the organization that became the United Nations. By 1945, he was an adviser to Franklin Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference as well as to Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill. Later that year, Hiss served as acting the temporary secretary general at the San Francisco assembly that created the United Nations. In 1947, John Foster Dulles, Chairman of the board

  • Yalta Conference's Influence On American-Soviet Relations

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    Second World War their relations greatly deteriorated due to two important factors. One of these factors is the Yalta Conference and greatly impacted American-Soviet relations in a negative way in the decade following the War. The second factor is the Korean War between South Korea and North Korea that placed the Soviet Union and the United States on opposite sides. On February 1945, the Yalta Conference took place which set divisions in Germany and began plans for a post-war world. The main figures

  • Yalta Conference: Unfulfilled Goals and Controversial Figures

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    The Yalta Conference took place February 4th to 11th in Crimea. At the Yalta Conference it was intended to accomplish the final defeat of Germany as well as other things. Several people such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill were involved at the Yalta Conference. At the Yalta Conference they wanted to accomplish protecting themselves from German Invasion and gaining more territories. However, not everyone got what they wanted out of the Yalta Conference. There were several

  • • How Did The Yalta Conference Affect The Significant Events In Europe Afterward?

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    How did the Yalta Conference affect the significant events in Europe afterward? The Yalta Conference was a wartime meeting held over a period of eight days in February 1945. It was between the United States, Great Britain, and Russia. The Yalta Conference was led by the “Big Three” heads of government, who are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. World War 2 was nearly over. Europe’s postwar reorganization was to re-establish the nations conquered and destroyed by Germany and

  • Wartime Conferences During The Cold War

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    powers and the Allied nations between 1941 and 1945. These conferences lead the world into the Cold War. The three main people, titled the Big Three, involved were Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. The three main conferences were The Terhran, The Yalta, and The Potsdam (“Milestones: 1937–1945 - Office of the Historian."). President Roosevelt called a meeting of the Allied powers. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, was willing to meet but the Premier of the Soviet Union, Joseph

  • The Lady With The Dog Essay

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    main characters’ to fall in love. The story begins in Yalta, a Russian city located on the Black Sea. Yalta is a beautiful resort city where many wealthy people go to vacation

  • Imagery In Lady With Lapdog, By Anton Chekhov

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    his own love and happiness. Yalta, Russia is a fresh romantic

  • The Lady With The Dog By Anton Chekhov Analysis

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    simultaneously attending medical school. Although his life was rather stressful at times, Chekhov still enjoyed visiting with family and friends both in Russia and abroad. He obtained a life long habit of having numerous affairs until he settled down in Yalta and married his wife Olga. It is said in a biography that his travels and personal experiences inspired many of his later stories such as "The Darling" and "The Lady with the Dog" (Silet 3). In these stories full of love and despair, Chekhov demonstrates

  • Was Soviet Union Responsible For The Cold War?

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    the whole planet. This was known as the Cold War. But the question remains, who was actually responsible for this? The three big issues generated by the Soviet Union, which were essential to initiate the Cold War were: the Stalin attitude during Yalta Conference, the Stalin takeover of Eastern Europe, and the USSR actions at the Potsdam Conference.

  • Roosevelt, Truman, and Soviet Diplomacy

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    believed that the creation of international organization is needed. Since it would create peace and security in the world in the future. To work towards this the support from the Soviets is essential. • Roosevelt made several concessions in the Yalta conference. • Roosevelt wrote a note to his wife saying he thought he had “wound up the conferences successfully.” on February 12th 1945. • Roosevelt died on April 12th 1945 • Roosevelt wrote to Stalin on April 1st 1945, saying, “I do not fully