Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).
The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar Noé, Rachel Brosnahan, Amy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.
Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.
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Republics would join the Russian SFSR as autonomous units, centralizing power in Moscow. All republics, including Russia, would join as equal
All republics, including Russia, would join as equal members of a union of states. Lenin’s plan was ultimately adopted. 1.4.4 Summary Table: Initial Members of the USSR (1922)
It legalized the structure of the new state, established the central governing bodies (the Congress of Soviets and the Central Executive Committee), and formally granted republics the right to freely secede from the Union. Summary Table: Initial Members of the USSR (1922) Significance Russian SFSR The largest republic and central administrative hub. Ukrainian SSR Key industrial and agricultural region. Byelorussian SSR Crucial western border territory. Transcaucasian SFSR
Unified Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan into one federation.
The main drivers were the shared historical past of the former Russian Empire territories, the unified economic system (railways, mail), and the shared military-political alliance formed during the Civil War. 1.4.1