The largest country in the world, spanning territory from the eastern edge of Europe to Siberia in northern Asia.
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What is a difference between the revolution in Egypt that sprung recently and the Russian Revolution of 1917
What is a difference between the revolution in Egypt that sprung recently and the Russian Revolution of 1917
i need to find a difference between the revolution that happened recently in Egypt, ...
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How Did Moscow Become the Capital/Most Important City in Russia?
Early in the past millennium, Kiev was probably the largest, most modern city in the former Soviet Union, at least until the Mongols came. One might have expected it to be the capital of the Soviet ...
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What sources or documentation exists to indicate Stalin's level of popularity in Russia today?
migrated from comments http://history.stackexchange.com/a/1710/682
To what extent is Stalin still loved and/or respected by Russians (and for extra points former USSR states)
while articles like ...
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How and why did Charles XII Get to Poltava?
The decisive battle of the Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia was the battle of Poltava. That's located deep in the Ukraine, southeast of Kiev, between Cherkassy and Kharkov.
That seems ...
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Why did Britain not purchase Alaska when Russia had it up for sale?
One thing that comes up often when discussing "what-ifs" with family or friends is why the British government never nabbed Alaska when Russia had placed it up for sale and made it into Canada's fourth ...
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What is the historicity of the film “Revolution.com - USA: The Conquest of the East”?
This is a Russian version of a French film from mid-2000s "Revolution.com"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3QxDgft148
It shows how US government and government-sponsored NGOs organize "color ...
