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After the fall of the Romanov Dynasty and the imperial government, what happened to the members of the Okhrana?	4
How was the newly made USSR able to fund huge industrialization projects and send men and military gear to Spain? Where did they get the money for this? And why didn't their economy collapse?	4
What allowed the African American Civil Rights Movement to succeed in accomplishing major goals for blacks, where Reconstruction failed?	4
I'm hindsight, one looks back and sees the inevitability of World War One breaking out due to the ethnic, national, and international conflicts at play. But was this apparent to the people back then as well? Would someone in 1913 think a World War was as unavoidable as us?	4
Why are there no solo robbers in ancient Vedic epics like the Ramayana or Mahabharata? It seems like they’re always in groups!	4
What is the legacy of the casta system in Mexico?	4
When and how did Hawaii transform from a an occupied series of islands, home to sugar plantations and migrant Japanese workers, to the extremely expensive tourist attraction it is today?	4
Let’s say I’m a businessman about to set up shop in the newly opened, more free market economy of China, under Deng Xiaoping. What are the carrots used to get me set up shop there? Where am I coming from? What type of business am I setting up?	4
Many juvenile offenders in Canada’s legal system, including those convicted of murder, can start a new life under a new name after their release and rehabilitation . What accounts for this rather open minded approach?	4
What type of role or influence did slave mistresses have in the Antebellum South?	4

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