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Why was the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth diplomatically isolated?

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I am a citizen of the U.S.S.R. in 1942. I manage to avoid being drafted into the army, and my home is relatively far from the front lines. What aspects of my life have changed since Barbarossa? Is the communist system still able to provide for me?

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Did the amount of incest in historical dynasties produce noticeable quantities of disabled children?

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Why was the Holy Roman Empire/Germany unable to evolve from decentralized feudalism (and in fact became even more fractured with time) while England, France, and Poland became centralized states?

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Has the U.S. or Canada ever entertained the idea of naval warfare in the Great Lakes?

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Do we have any narratives sourced from slaves brought to freedom by Harriet Tubman? What were their impressions of her?

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How was Georgy Zhukov successfully removed from power, given that he seems to have had the explicit support of Premier Khrushchev?

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Did Caligula really make his horse a consul?

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Good books on Polish history? [particularly the PLC]

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Was the decline of the Soviet Bloc sudden, gradual, or a little of both? How would the East and West have compared in, say, 1970?

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Why was the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth diplomatically isolated?	88
I am a citizen of the U.S.S.R. in 1942. I manage to avoid being drafted into the army, and my home is relatively far from the front lines. What aspects of my life have changed since Barbarossa? Is the communist system still able to provide for me?	72
Did the amount of incest in historical dynasties produce noticeable quantities of disabled children?	61
Why was the Holy Roman Empire/Germany unable to evolve from decentralized feudalism (and in fact became even more fractured with time) while England, France, and Poland became centralized states?	52
Has the U.S. or Canada ever entertained the idea of naval warfare in the Great Lakes?	51
Do we have any narratives sourced from slaves brought to freedom by Harriet Tubman? What were their impressions of her?	51
How was Georgy Zhukov successfully removed from power, given that he seems to have had the explicit support of Premier Khrushchev?	39
Did Caligula really make his horse a consul?	35
Good books on Polish history? [particularly the PLC]	31
Was the decline of the Soviet Bloc sudden, gradual, or a little of both? How would the East and West have compared in, say, 1970?	27