I've always like Soviet history and pre soviet history because of the people that have been allowed to get into power in that country. Russia has just never gotten a break from thier leadership despite the fact that with thier resources and number of people, and the iron in thier stock they've failed at almost every turn.
Now you can bring up thier victory in World War II, but history has to look back on it as a failure because of the ineptitude of thier leadership that lead to the throwing away of millions of unneccessary lives.
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