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By the time Alexander II had signed the Treaty of Paris in early 1856, ending the Crimean War, Russia had proven to be far less of a Great Power than their reputation presented. Russia had been defeated a...

Following the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917, It can be debated to what extent Lenin stuck to his original ideological aims for Russia during his attempt to stabilise the country. On the one hand, it ...

After the Cold War, the United States started to be more implicated in the world, notably on a military level. Not only were they more implicated, but this implication was also much more open and public c...

To tackle the turning points question it is important to compare the tuning point to other turning points of the period. In the introduction there are several key points that need to be addressed such as ...

There is a temptation in writing History essays to want to show off as much knowledge as possible. Slotting in a particularly juicy piece of information at the right time will indeed be hugely useful. How...