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In WWI, why did the Russians always seem to trounce the Austro-Hungarians, but the Germans always got them?

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I read often that serfs in medieval Europe were bound to the land and geographic mobility was limited. Did this lead to inbreeding?

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I'm an average Soviet citizen in the mid-60s with a yearn to travel. How do I go about getting a passport?

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How was it legal in the late 19th/early 20th century for companies to hire armed thugs to violently -and sometimes fatally- break strikes and unions?

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What sort of training did Soviet soldiers get early WWII?

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There are several references in Civil War accounts to elephants. How many soldiers on either side could be expected to know what an elephant was?

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Are animal rights activists something new?

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What was Soviet gun control like?

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Why did Napoleonic-era soldiers wear those ridiculous hats?

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How dangerous was being a heretic?

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In WWI, why did the Russians always seem to trounce the Austro-Hungarians, but the Germans always got them?	16	AskHistorians
I read often that serfs in medieval Europe were bound to the land and geographic mobility was limited. Did this lead to inbreeding?	15	AskHistorians
I'm an average Soviet citizen in the mid-60s with a yearn to travel. How do I go about getting a passport?	15	AskHistorians
How was it legal in the late 19th/early 20th century for companies to hire armed thugs to violently -and sometimes fatally- break strikes and unions?	15	AskHistorians
What sort of training did Soviet soldiers get early WWII?	14	AskHistorians
There are several references in Civil War accounts to elephants. How many soldiers on either side could be expected to know what an elephant was?	13	AskHistorians
Are animal rights activists something new?	13	AskHistorians
What was Soviet gun control like?	13	AskHistorians
Why did Napoleonic-era soldiers wear those ridiculous hats?	13	AskHistorians
How dangerous was being a heretic?	11	AskHistorians