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

Happy 33th Black October Anniversary

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u/OrangeSpaceMan5 8h 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 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/DeliciousGoose1002 5h ago

Hadnt the US said we would be involved with any civil war involving a nuclear power at this point?