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Part One: Tzar Nicholas II Was A Real Dick

Behind the Bastards

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The Crimean War Is a Fucking Disaster for Russia

The Russian army is hideously outdated. They don't have an advanced rail system inthe try so, and their navy isn't as nimble as it needs to be. There's also a pretty good poem that comes out of the charge of the light brigade - which you can like or see as problematic,. depending on how you feel about men charging into lines of guns on horseback.

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