Why do you think Joseph II of Austria, Catherine II of Russia and Frederick II of Prussia earned the title of Enlightened Despots? Joseph II of Austria, Catherine II of Russia, and Frederic II of Prussia all made reforms and changes that were ideas of the Enlightenment. They all wanted to furth...

From the late 1920’s, Russian society entered almost a decade of darkness, in which the government and the people were commanded by paranoia, fear and terror. Under the newly introduced leader Joseph Stalin, soviet life was subject to greater control and manipulation as Stalin focused upon gaining...