Dec 27, 2009

Doctor Zhivago | Compare and Contrast

1910s: Russia suffers through a series of civil revolutions as the people attempt to gain democratic rights and overthrow the rule of the tsar. The country suffers from devastating losses in World War I.
1950s: Russia (now called the U.S.S.R.) is involved in a cold war with the United States.

Today: Russia has witnessed the dissolution of the Soviet Union and struggles between communist rule and capitalism. The Russian Orthodox Church declares Nicholas II, the last Russian tsar, a saint.