/u/da_persiflator's posts in /r/AskHistorians
Nadezhda Alliluyeva commited suicide after an argument with Stalin about the collectivization policies. What was her position on them and what were her overall views on how the USSR was ran?
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Did the Bolsheviks bring social change geared towards improving the lives of women and LGBTQ people after winning the revolution ?
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How were the next years after the Khmer Rouge fell? Both for the country as a whole and for the people directly affected by the atrocities
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Wikipedia states that the witch hunts in early modern Europe had large differences from region to region regarding the gender of the victims. What are the factors that lead to these discrepancies.
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During the world wars , how was each social class represented among the ranks of the participating armies?
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From the several Japanese movies i watched, i noticed a trend: if there's a big company involved, it tends to be pharmaceutical / dealing in genetics. Is there a historical reason for this?
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There's an urban legend that Stalin visited Brasov (Romania) and liked it so much the leaders named it after him. Is there any truth to this?
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During the space race , were individuals often found as solely responsible for an accident? If yes, what would happen to them? And were there any differences between Russia and the US in this regard?
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How was the enslavement and persecution of Romani people "rationalized" during the early modern period?What fueled the discrimination against them?
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