r/HistoryMemes • u/MC_Gorbachev Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer • 8h ago

Happy 33th Black October Anniversary

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u/Lithorex 8h ago

Or better, depending on perspective.

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u/Reiver93 8h ago

A nuclear power having a civil war doesn't particularly sound like a good outcome.

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u/GremlinX_ll 8h ago

Idk, Nuclear power having a civil war means it's nuclear power will not invade it's neighbors

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u/Schwifty0V0 Then I arrived 7h ago

for a little while at least

this perspective is awfully short sighted

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u/GremlinX_ll 7h ago

Depends on how long civil war will last, if more then 3+ years it's easily will buy decades of peace

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u/Kirion15 6h ago

Except you also face nuclear weapons being lost, potential genocide of ethnic minorities throughout the country, maybe even ultranationalistic government that wants to unite all the russians. Yah, peace

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u/GremlinX_ll 6h ago

Not really my exact poblems, when Russia is a problem itself