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A 5 page paper discussing ease of transition into the modern era. Russia and Japan share aspects of their histories that are quite similar. Japan’s culture is much older, of course, but both nations underwent similar struggles in entering the modern era. Of the two, Japan absolutely has been more successful in entering the modern era. Russia and now the other remains of the former Soviet Union struggle merely to retain order, while Japan’s efforts are focused on navigating through post-industrialism. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: CC6_KShistUSSRjapan.rtf
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Russia and Japan share aspects of their histories that are quite similar. Japans culture is much older, of course, but both nations underwent similar struggles in entering the
modern era. Of the two, it was Japan that was the more successful. Russia The land of onion domes and vast spaces,
at no time in its history was Russia ever either fully European or fully Asian. Early unification occurred under European influence, but invading Mongols brought Asian influences that helped
to shape Russia over the centuries. Parts of the former Soviet Union also were controlled by the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, each of which left their mark on the
modern nation. Unification occurred under Ivan IV - "the Terrible" - in the 16th century, who was the first to use the title
of czar and quite brutally usurped the power of the Russian nobles. Those who opposed him were murdered; those who cooperated quietly were allowed virtually free reign over their
own lands in return for declarations of loyalty to the czar. This arrangement created the institution of serfdom in Russia that eventually led to the overthrow of the government
400 years later and the great socialist "experiment" envisioned by Lenin and washed in blood by Stalin. Catherine the Great instituted sweeping, liberal
reforms in the early part of her reign in the 18th century, but later in life she reversed many of her own reforms. Peter the Great before her had
attempted to ease the lives of the peasants without enduring success; by the end of Catherines reign the plight of the peasants was that they lived more as slaves than
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