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Isn't that the point of the parent post? The two regions are very different.
by crottypeter 10y ago
Isn't that the point of the parent post? The two regions are very different.
- creshal 10y agoNo, because they never had any ties to Russia to begin with.
- BurningFrog 10y agoThey were part of Russia for several hundred years, gained independence in 1918 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk) and were retaken by Stalin in 1939.
- einr 10y agoSo different indeed that the comparison is meaningless. That is my point. If you're going to draw conclusions from comparisons -- like the OP did with his coast/interior thing -- the things you're comparing have to be at least somewhat similar.