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some good russian revolution and stalinism books?
im a doodooheadass when it comes to history so sorry if this is a pleb post
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A people's tragedy by Orlando figes
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https://www.waterstones.com/events/robert-service-and-stephen-smith-russia-the-tsar-and-revolution/oxford
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Was the Soviet Union a democracy before Stalin?
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Dumas were sort of democratic. I highly doubt Lenin's dictatorship of the proletariat could be classified as a democracy in any existing sense
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>>2478340
Now thinking to myself I'm not even sure if Lenin's dictatorship belonged to the proletariat
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At no point was the Soviet Union a democracy. Lenin had no patience for that kind of shit. What the cpsu(b) said went, and do dissent was either suppressed or ignored, tending toward the former. Political repression, with the attendant prison camps, mass executions, etc, was a Soviet thing from the very start. The whole Lenin good, stalin bad thing is ludicrously wrong.
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Can someone recommend some good reading on the history of Bermuda? Bonus points if it focuses on pirates. Also Caribbean history thread
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>>2478292
PIRATE /his/ THREAAAAAAAD!!!
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Why do all those planes disappear?
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The book on Sea Venture touches upon it briefly. I got it while I was visiting Bermuda.
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>Muh Jews
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>muh legions
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>Muh allegory
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>muh constantinople
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>stop it, you s-spooks!
>my e-ego doesn't like this!
>you are my p-property!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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>>2478269
High quality post. I'm glad a thread was ended for this.
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>>2478750
I bet it was a shitty one anyway
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ITT: BIGGEST HISTORICAL MISTAKES 2017-03-09 04:33:16 Post No.2478257
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1. Alexander's Death
2. Caesar's Assassination
3. Sack of Rome
4. Destruction of the Library of Alexandria
5. The Reformation
6. The Borgia Family
7. The French Revolution
8. WWI
9. WWII
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>>2478257
>Alexander's death
Why?
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I'm madder about the Museum of Alexandria than the library.
They had like an actual college and shit.
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>>2478257
>important historic events are mistakes
>in a deterministic universe
I want idealists to leave.
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*destroys western civilization*
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Napoleptics and liberal wewuzzers in 3... 2... 1...
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aaaaannnnnddddd there you go. I can't defend Napoleon because you've already generalized us as morons, thus making our points moot. Why even have threads like this?
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>>2478181
>feudalism = western civilization
Tsar Alexander detected
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History-related activities 2017-03-09 03:57:08 Post No.2478165
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History-related activities
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>watch or even participate in a reenactment
>visit a world famous historical landmark
>visit a museum
what else
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>>2478165
>read
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>>2478165
I bet he felt real tough kicking that old guy's ass
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>>2478180
which one?
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If the Allies had left the Soviet Union to fend for itself after the beginning of Barbarossa instead of assisting it and letting it join them, what would have happened? Would the Axis have won?
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>>2477959
If it was just the nazis and the soviets (No invasion of France), the soviets would have won out of sheer industrial capacity although what would have been left of Europe from the Rhine to the Volga would be destroyed for decades.
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>>2477991
Assuming an invasion of France. Everything else is the same except the Allies tell Stalin "You're on your own, you pinko". No Lend-Lease to the Soviets, nothing.
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"Goody-goodies are the thieves of virtue." 2017-03-09 03:06:52 Post No.2477954
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"Goody-goodies are the thieves of virtue."
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Who would you rather have as an enemy, a goody-goody or a crook?
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>>2477954
go to bed, alan watts.
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Define your terms.
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Cain literally did nothing wrong 2017-03-09 03:06:41 Post No.2477953
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Cain literally did nothing wrong
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I dream of the first times, the longest memory. I speak of the first times, the oldest Father. I sing of the first times
and the dawn of Darkness
In Nod, where the light of Paradise
lit up the night sky and the tears of our parents wet the ground, each of us, in our own way, set about to live
and take our sustenance from the land.
And I, first-born Caine, I, with sharp things planted the dark seeds, wet them in earth tended them, watched them grow. And Abel, second-born Abel tended the animals, aided their bloody births, fed them, watched them grow.
I loved him, my Brother. He was the brightest, The sweetest, The
strongest. He was the first part of all my joy.
Then one day our Father said to us:
Caine, Abel to Him Above you must make a sacrifice - a gift of the first part of all that you have. And I, first-born Caine, I gathered the tender shoots, the brightest fruits, the sweetest grass. And Abel, second-born, Abel slaughtered the youngest,
the strongest, the sweetest of his animals. On the altar of our Father
we laid our sacrifices and lit fire under them and watched the smoke carry them up to the One Above. The sacrifice of Abel, second-born,
smelled sweet to the One Above
and Abel was blessed. And, I, first-born Caine, I was struck from beyond by a harsh word and a curse, for my sacrifice was unworthy.
I looked at Abel's sacrifice, still
smoking, the flesh, the blood.
I cried, I held my eyes, I prayed in night and day.
And when Father said the time for Sacrifice has come again and Abel led his youngest, his sweetest, his most beloved to the sacrificial fire I did not bring my youngest, my sweetest,
for I knew the One Above would not want them. And my brother, beloved Abel said to me "Caine, you did not bring a sacrifice, a gift of the first part of your joy, to burn on the altar of the One Above.'' I cried tears of love as I, with sharp things, sacrificed that which was the first part of my joy, my brother.
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>>2477953
gonna need a sauce on this
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How would one kill groupthinking?
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kill the group
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kill the thinking
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You can't without ironically controlling what people think. Because in any given scenario with a mob of people, someone is gonna have an idea that seems good to others and those people will follow that idea they see as good and cooperate. The only way to end group mentality is to control thoughts to ensure everyone always has a different opinion.
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Hi /his/
Ancestry thread anyone?
Also, whats the best database for looking up deceased family members in regions other than Europe?
>pic not related, italian tank
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>>2477894
I'm not very proud of being descended from a long line of Galician peasants thh senpai
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Descendant of Italian nobility reporting in.
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Descendant of English nobility reporting in.
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Historical figures whom the only wrong thing they ever did is being lost to the war they fought.
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>>2477880
>whom
who*
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>>2477911
She is ugly as hell too
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You are sent back in time and are now the first leader/replace their most important leader the empire of your choice
What do you do?
What policies do you pass?
What precedents do you create?
How would this affect history?
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I wouldn't even bother. History shows us that empires don't last. Sure, they have a huge impact on their conquered territories and colonies, but what's the point?
I'd rather live as a well-off merchant in Venice and buy lots of fresh pussy.
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>>2477818
>Adolf Hitler
>don't invade the USSR
>do drown in Jewish coochie
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>Augustus
>Take a crate of Gibbon with me and distribute it to all