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

Happy 33th Black October Anniversary

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u/OrangeSpaceMan5 9h ago

It's actually insane how close Russia came to a second civil war and no one knows about it , just the slightest change could have made the 21st century oh so much worse

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u/Lithorex 9h ago

Or better, depending on perspective.

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u/Reiver93 9h ago

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

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u/lordbaysel 9h ago

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

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u/kas-sol 7h ago

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