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When, how and why did Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" became famous in the West ?

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How was Jules Verne's work considered by its contemporaries ?

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"The Bomb Didn't Beat Japan... Stalin Did" - Opinions on this article ?

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How serious was Stalin's offer to France and the UK to "move more than a million Soviet troops to the German border to deter Hitler's aggression" just two weeks before the start of WW2 ?

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Was Lenin's testament, in which he asks for Stalin to be removed from power, a fake ?

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How did the soviet law enforcement conducted investigations ?

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When and how did the concept of "shell corporations" first appeared ?

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Why did the soviets named their most powerful nuclear bomb the "tsar" bomba ?

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Is there a consensus among historians regarding the qualification of the "Holodomor" as a genocide ?

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Is it true that, in the 1905 russo-japanese war, the UK and the USA gave financial support to Japan ? And also that, in general, western countries supported Japan ?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When, how and why did Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" became famous in the West ?	874
How was Jules Verne's work considered by its contemporaries ?	269
"The Bomb Didn't Beat Japan... Stalin Did" - Opinions on this article ?	27
How serious was Stalin's offer to France and the UK to "move more than a million Soviet troops to the German border to deter Hitler's aggression" just two weeks before the start of WW2 ?	24
Was Lenin's testament, in which he asks for Stalin to be removed from power, a fake ?	24
How did the soviet law enforcement conducted investigations ?	9
When and how did the concept of "shell corporations" first appeared ?	7
Why did the soviets named their most powerful nuclear bomb the "tsar" bomba ?	5
Is there a consensus among historians regarding the qualification of the "Holodomor" as a genocide ?	2
Is it true that, in the 1905 russo-japanese war, the UK and the USA gave financial support to Japan ? And also that, in general, western countries supported Japan ?	2