Above: Map showing the location of Chechnya The Chechen war has been fought for a long time. It started even before the Russian Union broke in December 1991; this led to division of the union into many smaller countries. The Chechen Republic was at war ever since September 1991 in order to gain status as an independent state. Chechnya was finally recognized as an independent state in the year 1995. There were two wars the first one from 1991 to 1993, the ... Read More

Above: Illustration of analytical structure how Russian Revolution in 1905 sprouted All classes, especially land and property owners, became more and more political conscious after the Russo-Japanese War. Early 1904 saw liberals active in zemstovs or assemblies. The professionals came to form their own organization called the Union of Liberation. Simultaneously the movement crossed national borders and members of the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party joined hands with their counterparts in Finland, Poland, Georgia, Armenia to form a brotherhood aimed against the ... Read More

Above: Unburied corpses during the massacre in Marco Polo Bridge 1937 Tensions were simmering between China and Japan. Only an excuse was needed to ignite the flames. A minor incident on Marco Polo Bridge (near Beijing) between Japanese and Chinese soldiers on 7th July 1937, gave the excuse for Japan to jump into war against China. This was the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The brush between the two Asian powers also speeded up the formal announcement of the second ... Read More