One argument of many Stalinists is: "If Trotsky had taken power instead of Stalin, it's very possible Germany would have defeated the USSR in WWII." This is one of the most absurd speculations I have ever heard. In the first place it was very possible Stalin could have lost the war since he purged ...

Japanese trade has remarkably started since Tokugawa (Shogunate) period(1603-1867). During Tokugawa period, resource acquisition (gold, sliver and copper) didn't constitute much of a problem for the nation as Shoguns forced the country to remain in a feudal state and effectively kept it rest...

Eventually, empires and nations all collapse. The end can be brought about by many causes. Whether through becoming too large for their own good, being ruled by a series of out of touch men, falling behind technologically, having too many enemies, succumbing to civil war, or a combination: n...

Modern History oral task. The word at the beginning of the 20th century – Russian Revolutions. Tsar Nicholas II  Nicholas inherited the role of Tsar off his father in 1855, when his father Nicholas I passed away.  Tsar Nicholas did not have the abilities to be a natural...