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3: Geography and Ancient History

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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What Globalization Has Done to the World

Russia is called raszia, right? And which is a name that Russia took in 1721 when the Russian Empire was founded. If you call it Muscovia, you're taking away the historical reference to Rus. You're also kind of suggesting that its boundaries might have a certain flexibility. So the other phrase they use a lot as a euphemism for Russia is aggressor state. They say aggressor state, which is like neutral. It's the aggressor state,. but it's also not neutral because you're suggesting that that state might always be an aggressor states.

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