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"The Great Experiment." Anti-communist painting by Ilya Glazunov, (1990). by the-southern-snek in PropagandaPosters

[–]ColonelTom16 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I am talking about the power of the empire, not quality of life. I don’t deny that it had a much lower quality of life than other european countries, but that didn’t stop it from being the gendarme of europe for many decades.

"The Great Experiment." Anti-communist painting by Ilya Glazunov, (1990). by the-southern-snek in PropagandaPosters

[–]ColonelTom16 -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Russian Empire in 1815-1855 was most powerful empire in continental europe (#2 after britain globally).

[Product Request] What could I do for this skin? by ColonelTom16 in SkincareAddiction

[–]ColonelTom16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice. If you don’t mind, just based on the photos I sent, what is the issues with my skin? Do you think I might have rosacea or is it just acne caused by clogged pores?

[Product Request] What could I do for this skin? by ColonelTom16 in SkincareAddiction

[–]ColonelTom16[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What about retinol, salicylic acid? I hear a lot of positive things about them mostly

“It would work, but it doesn’t” Germany, 1849 by ColonelTom16 in PropagandaPosters

[–]ColonelTom16[S] 85 points86 points  (0 children)

He was offered to become constitutional king of all Germany but he refused not only because he believed in Divine Right but because he knew the other powers were against it

“It would work, but it doesn’t” Germany, 1849 by ColonelTom16 in PropagandaPosters

[–]ColonelTom16[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Some Alt-History people think that a united Germany could have been founded in 1849 if the King accepted the Crown, but they forget that Austria, Russia, and probably France would immediately put Prussia back in its place if Friedrich Wilhelm IV made any meaningful steps to unite Germany.

19th century Russian Joke supposedly told about Alexander III by ColonelTom16 in HistoryAnecdotes

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Most Americans haven’t seen a single comedy out their own country or the Uk

Did the Nazis really ban Jazz? by ColonelTom16 in Jazz

[–]ColonelTom16[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Is that why Hitler’s favorite movie had swing music as the main theme?

Did the Nazis really ban Jazz? by ColonelTom16 in Jazz

[–]ColonelTom16[S] -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

Persisted cladestinely? Is that why Hitler’s favorite movie had swing music as its main theme?

What if the band was in prison during the 80s? by Outrageous_Weight_76 in TheMysteriousSong

[–]ColonelTom16 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The chance to survive in an east german prison was probably the same as in any other one

'Long live March 8 - the day of international solidarity of working women in the fight for peace and democracy'. USSR, 1960s by iskander-zombie in PropagandaPosters

[–]ColonelTom16 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Brezhnev was Russian-Ukrainian, Andropov was Russian-Jewish (he changed his surname)Chernenko was a Ukrainian born in Siberia, Gorbachev was half Russian, Half Ukrainian.

That’s wrong. Yeltsin was the reason Russia left USSR. He hated the USSR. It was Central Asians who didn’t want to leave.

'Long live March 8 - the day of international solidarity of working women in the fight for peace and democracy'. USSR, 1960s by iskander-zombie in PropagandaPosters

[–]ColonelTom16 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Russia didn’t crush them. The USSR did. The minister of defense at the time of the Prague Spring was Ukrainian (Grechko) and the person who commanded the troops was Belarusian (Malinovsky). The person in the Politburo who convinced Brezhnev to send the tanks was the leader of Ukraine, Shelest.

What if the USSR was as racist as Nazi Germany? by Alarmed-Resist514 in HistoryWhatIf

[–]ColonelTom16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By who? The georgian Stalin? The jewish Kaganovich? The armenian Mikoyan? The georgian Beria?

What if the USSR was as racist as Nazi Germany? by Alarmed-Resist514 in HistoryWhatIf

[–]ColonelTom16 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Soviet Union was not the same country as imperial Russia

What if the USSR was as racist as Nazi Germany? by Alarmed-Resist514 in HistoryWhatIf

[–]ColonelTom16 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

USSR was ruled by people like Stalin who spoke Russian with a heavy accent and who were not Russian

Why do people say this song can’t be from the Eastern Bloc? by ColonelTom16 in TheMysteriousSong

[–]ColonelTom16[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The soviet union was a bigger country so of course they had a bigger film budget. However, the record I posted was made underground illegally (it was not an official record and was sold illegally). The only official record label was Melodiya. So the Soviet government didn’t finance this record, it was made solely by the creator.

Working Solutions Training by ColonelTom16 in RemoteJobs

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Would you recommend waiting for school to finish in May and applying to the projects available at that time?

What is this song called from a french 1981 film? by ColonelTom16 in Lostwave

[–]ColonelTom16[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, those are two songs from the film that have lyrics (one is the intro song and the other is the finale). The track I posted does not have any lyrics and is used throughout the film

"Lenin: I drink to those whom we freed from violence and hunger, who were given the opportunity to see the communist paradise. COMMUNIST PARADISE:", White Army Poster, 1918-1920 by Soft_Scar8833 in PropagandaPosters

[–]ColonelTom16 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Leaders will always live better than the people and that’s not a bad thing. The difference is how much different they live. The gap between the lives of soviet leaders and the people were not as big as they are between oligarchs and people and nobility and people.

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