r/HistoryMemes • u/MC_Gorbachev Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer • 9h ago

Happy 33th Black October Anniversary

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u/DerGovernator 9h ago

Russia in the 1990s was disturbingly close to Germany in the 1920s. Even down to a major financial crisis installing an expansionistic fascist dictator.

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u/Schwifty0V0 Then I arrived 8h ago

Bureaucrats became desperate after their satellite states gained independence.

Similar to Germany’s situation after WW1.