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I've been told that Marxism was originally intended for industrialized nations. Of all the socialist states only East Germany started as one. So was there a major difference between life in East Germany and in other Marxist states?

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Was the 1984 Ethiopian Famine man-made?

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How did Mormons react to the American Civil War?

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Did a Prussian national identity still exist among some Germans in the Weimar Republic? What happened to Prussian identity in the Nazi and post-Nazi era?

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Why did many parts of the former Soviet Union not have access to electricity throughout the 90s?

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In movies, whenever a solar eclipse happens, people start panicking thinking the sun disappeared. When did humans realize that it was actually the moon covering the sun and how did they make that discovery?

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When Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday, did its association with pilgrims exist at the time or was the holiday meant to commemorate the civil war?

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Why was Eritrea given to Ethiopia after WW2?

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Why did Krushchev allow some of the deported ethnic groups to return home during the deStalinization era but not others?

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What kind of Soviet Union did Gorbachev want to create? What were his plans before the August coup?

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I've been told that Marxism was originally intended for industrialized nations. Of all the socialist states only East Germany started as one. So was there a major difference between life in East Germany and in other Marxist states?	264
Was the 1984 Ethiopian Famine man-made?	105
How did Mormons react to the American Civil War?	64
Did a Prussian national identity still exist among some Germans in the Weimar Republic? What happened to Prussian identity in the Nazi and post-Nazi era?	57
Why did many parts of the former Soviet Union not have access to electricity throughout the 90s?	49
In movies, whenever a solar eclipse happens, people start panicking thinking the sun disappeared. When did humans realize that it was actually the moon covering the sun and how did they make that discovery?	41
When Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday, did its association with pilgrims exist at the time or was the holiday meant to commemorate the civil war?	39
Why was Eritrea given to Ethiopia after WW2?	33
Why did Krushchev allow some of the deported ethnic groups to return home during the deStalinization era but not others?	27
What kind of Soviet Union did Gorbachev want to create? What were his plans before the August coup?	27