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History vs. Russia’s most infamous empress - Carolyn Harris
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本视频以生动的辩论形式呈现了俄罗斯叶卡捷琳娜大帝的故事,考察了她的权力崛起、受启蒙运动启发的改革、领土扩张以及日益专制的晚年。学习者将发展政治历史、治理和哲学运动方面的词汇,接触到政变、开明专制、农奴制和审查制度等术语。法庭式辩论的形式还为理解英语中的说服性论证和反驳提供了极好的练习。
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下载So, who’s next? Catherine the... Great, is it?
Don't let the name fool you. Catherine “the Great” started her rule by murdering her husband and spent it oppressing the masses and intimidating anyone who questioned her.
These accusations of murder are highly speculative, Your Honor.
And Catherine’s rise to greatness is hardly so vulgar.
Born Princess Sophie Frederica Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst— a region now part of Germany— she was just a teenager when Russia's Empress Elizabeth invited her to the Russian court in 1744. A scheming teenager with only one goal: to gain power by marrying the empress’ nephew and heir, the future Peter III.
She bribed courtiers to support the marriage and eventually convinced the Empress herself to bless their union.
All this despite later admitting she never had feelings for Peter.
Political marriages were hardly concerned with feelings.
Besides, Russia was lucky Catherine came along.
Not only was Peter notoriously bad-tempered, he was also raised in Germany and preferred German customs, making him an embarrassment in the Russian court.
Meanwhile, Catherine gave her life to Russia.
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规则是一项正式的指示,告诉你在特定情况下什么是被允许的,什么是不被允许的。
与俄罗斯、其人民或其语言有关的。他正在学习俄语。
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