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Ep 335: A Deep Dive Into Ukraine vs Russia

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The History of Russia

Russia has historically been an empire centralized around Moscow, imposing its power on the periphery./nRusification, the linguistic and cultural assimilation of the periphery by coercive means, has been a recurring theme in Russian history./nCountries like Poland and Finland broke away from the Russian empire due to rusification initiatives./nRusification often led to tensions and people wanting to leave the empire./nTsarist Russia faced military threats from Germany and European powers and relied on European equipment, particularly from the UK./nRussia lagged behind Europe in terms of cultural, financial, and technological power./nGermany was considered more successful industrially and engineering-wise than the UK before World War I.

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