RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA
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Iberian Peninsula
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British Isles
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Balkan Peninsula
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Scandinavia
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a result, the Balkans were known as the “powder keg” of Europe. A powder keg is a container for gunpowder which can erupt if there is a spark.
Detailed explanation-2: -The decline of the Ottoman Empire created a vacuum waiting to be filled by new forces. The Balkans became an unstable theatre in which the interests of the major powers clashed with the national programmes of the emergent peoples of south-eastern Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -4. Sweden was considered the “powder keg” of Europe just prior to the start of the Great War. 5. The Treaty of Versailles officially ended the Great War.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Balkan Powder Keg is a term used to describe the situation in the Balkans region in the early 1900s. This area was a tinderbox of ethnic and religious tensions that could easily have led to conflict. The Balkans have always been a powder keg of tension and conflict.