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I am a Historian of Modern Russia and the Soviet Union and of the "International Political-Economy." Send me your questions about Russia, the USSR, Cold War or the history of globalization and economics!

310 upvotes • Russian_Historian

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[Meta]100k users, Eternal September, Rules, Moderators, and a million other things.

310 upvotes • eternalkerri

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Weekly AMA: Mexican Revolution and World War I

310 upvotes • feilitzsch

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In a documentary I watched, they mentioned that working men in the UK used to get their paychecks at the bar. Why ?

310 upvotes • fantabulouscanadian

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What's the largest number ever found written down in pre CE texts?

310 upvotes • tigersharkwushen

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What was the political response from nations other than the The United States and Japan after the US dropped the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

310 upvotes • Madsser

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When and why did the sling fall out of favor for armies? What was the most recent significant battle with a slinger contingent?

309 upvotes • [deleted]

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Yalta, Tehran, these conferences would not just decide the fate of ww2, but even the world after. But, more importantly, what was the catering like? What did the delegates eat?

309 upvotes • Fumblerful-

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Did Caesar have some sort of endgame in mind? Were there any specific policy goals he wished to enact as dictator? Did he want to restore the monarchy and declare himself King of Rome? Or was he just kind of winging it the whole time?

309 upvotes • derstherower

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A recurring theme in Native American mythology is blue-eyed characters that tend to be chaotic/evil/malevolent forces. Do these stories predate European contact? And if so, why did they associate blue eyes with evil?

309 upvotes • ActualPimpHagrid

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I am a Historian of Modern Russia and the Soviet Union and of the "International Political-Economy." Send me your questions about Russia, the USSR, Cold War or the history of globalization and economics!	310	Russian_Historian
[Meta]100k users, Eternal September, Rules, Moderators, and a million other things.	310	eternalkerri
Weekly AMA: Mexican Revolution and World War I	310	feilitzsch
In a documentary I watched, they mentioned that working men in the UK used to get their paychecks at the bar. Why ?	310	fantabulouscanadian
What's the largest number ever found written down in pre CE texts?	310	tigersharkwushen
What was the political response from nations other than the The United States and Japan after the US dropped the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.	310	Madsser
When and why did the sling fall out of favor for armies? What was the most recent significant battle with a slinger contingent?	309	[deleted]
Yalta, Tehran, these conferences would not just decide the fate of ww2, but even the world after. But, more importantly, what was the catering like? What did the delegates eat?	309	Fumblerful-
Did Caesar have some sort of endgame in mind? Were there any specific policy goals he wished to enact as dictator? Did he want to restore the monarchy and declare himself King of Rome? Or was he just kind of winging it the whole time?	309	derstherower
A recurring theme in Native American mythology is blue-eyed characters that tend to be chaotic/evil/malevolent forces. Do these stories predate European contact? And if so, why did they associate blue eyes with evil?	309	ActualPimpHagrid