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  2. Russian Winter - Wikipedia

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    Russian Winter. Russian Winter, sometimes personified as " General Frost " [1] or " General Winter ", [2] is an aspect of the climate of Russia that has contributed to military failures of several invasions of Russia and the Soviet Union. Mud is a related contributing factor that impairs military maneuvering in Russia and elsewhere, and is ...

  3. Russ Roberts - Wikipedia

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    Russell David " Russ " Roberts (born September 19, 1954) is an American-Israeli [3] economist. He is currently a research fellow at Stanford University 's Hoover Institution and president of Shalem College in Jerusalem. [4] [5] [6] He is known for communicating economic ideas in understandable terms [7] as host of the EconTalk podcast.

  4. Russian Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Russian Empire, also known as Imperial Russia or simply Russia, [e] [f] was a vast realm that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

  5. How the West might use Russia's frozen reserves to help Ukraine

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    LONDON (Reuters) -The G7 group of nations are looking to use nearly $300 billion worth of Russian financial assets frozen by sanctions since 2022 to help support Ukraine, but how it will be done ...

  6. Economy of the Russian Empire - Wikipedia

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    The economy of the Russian Empire covers the economic history of Russia from 1721 to the October Revolution of 1917 (which ushered in a period of civil war, culminating in the creation of the Soviet Union). Russian national income per capita increased and moved to closer to the most developed economies of Northern and Western Europe from the ...

  7. Russian Revolution - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social change in the Russian Empire, starting in 1917. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government following two successive revolutions and a bloody civil war.

  8. Winter War - Wikipedia

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    The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940. Despite superior military strength, especially in tanks and aircraft, the Soviet ...

  9. Economic history of the Russian Federation - Wikipedia

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    Historical background. For about 69 years, the Russian economy and that of the rest of the Soviet Union operated on the basis of a centrally planned economy, with a state control over virtually all means of production and over investment, production, and consumption decisions throughout the economy. Economic policy was made according to ...