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Was the Soviet Union part of SWIFT? If not, how did the USSR trade with the non communist states? Also, what was there before swift?

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Why didn’t the Soviet Union just occupy ALL Berlin during WWII and the immediate post war? Why was the western half of Berlin ally occupied if the rest of east Germany was soviet occupied? Why did the Soviet Union leaves that “spot”?

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After WWII, the world recognized both East and West Germany to be independent countries. Why didn’t this happen after the Chinese civil war with Communist China and Taiwan?

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How did the idea of beings similar to dragons arrived to Mesoamerica prior to the encounter of 2 worlds?

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Is it true that, for the US, Pancho Villa was the equivalent of modern day Bin Laden?

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How did the Castro regime in Cuba survive the fall of the Soviet Union?

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What did world leaders think about Hitler and Mussolini before WWII? Was there already fear about tyranny?

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When the wall of Berlin fell and Germany reunified, Capitalist Berlin literally doubled in size. How did that impact the real state market?

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Was Finland part of the allies despite fighting against the Soviet Union in wwii?

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Did Stalin really always execute the first guy who stopped clapping at his speeches? Did he really force everyone to clap forever?

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Was the Soviet Union part of SWIFT? If not, how did the USSR trade with the non communist states? Also, what was there before swift?	10
Why didn’t the Soviet Union just occupy ALL Berlin during WWII and the immediate post war? Why was the western half of Berlin ally occupied if the rest of east Germany was soviet occupied? Why did the Soviet Union leaves that “spot”?	9
After WWII, the world recognized both East and West Germany to be independent countries. Why didn’t this happen after the Chinese civil war with Communist China and Taiwan?	9
How did the idea of beings similar to dragons arrived to Mesoamerica prior to the encounter of 2 worlds?	8
Is it true that, for the US, Pancho Villa was the equivalent of modern day Bin Laden?	8
How did the Castro regime in Cuba survive the fall of the Soviet Union?	8
What did world leaders think about Hitler and Mussolini before WWII? Was there already fear about tyranny?	8
When the wall of Berlin fell and Germany reunified, Capitalist Berlin literally doubled in size. How did that impact the real state market?	7
Was Finland part of the allies despite fighting against the Soviet Union in wwii?	7
Did Stalin really always execute the first guy who stopped clapping at his speeches? Did he really force everyone to clap forever?	7