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Ralph J Hodosh's avatar

Can Rússia recover its pride without recovering its empire? This would seem to be an important question. If Russia can recover its pride, perhaps by re-examining or recreating national mythology, then Russia could focus internally on national development. The truth is that Russia is a huge country with vast material and cultural wealth to draw on even without its former empire.

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Unset's avatar

Not a bad article overall, but I am floored that your discussion of Germany after World War Two makes no mention of the fact that it was *cut in half and turned into two different countries* for 50 years. Two countries that were hostile enemies, for that matter.

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