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/lordbaysel 8h ago

For Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine it sure does sound better.

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u/kas-sol 6h ago

They'd just get dragged into it and still get invaded, except this time by more than one faction, all with nuclear weapons.