Russia: a Century of Upheaval.

The first 200 words of this essay...

Question 1

Picture this: the largest country in the world, the stretching plain, a land with important mountain ranges, a land that covers a sixth of the globe...

This is Russia, a proud nation, with a rich and varied history, a nation that has, after years of isolationism we usually attribute to the USA, come out and taken its place as a capitalist power in the East and the West, yet, despite the social and political upheaval Russia has seen over the years, has anything really changed. It is true that a capitalist country is by no means always a democracy, but why is it that Russia, despite some huge political changes, is still viewed with a suspicion and scepticism that is usually reserved for the 'republics' of the Middle East, and the Backward, Stalinist regime of North Korea? Maybe it is because people remember what Nation inspired the north Koreans, what Nations leaders have become shining examples to the jumped up dictators of the modern world.

The new world faces many problems, and many of them can be linked to the huge conflicts of this century, ahh, I hear you say, at last