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>Eventually Russia and European powers did them in, empire was rotting for centuries... The Russian winter is the only major European power that has never lost
by dsfyu404ed 8y ago
>Eventually Russia and European powers did them in, empire was rotting for centuries...
The Russian winter is the only major European power that has never lost a war.
- onetimemanytime 8y agoTrue, but they actually they fought mostly around the Black Sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Russo-Turkish_wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Russo-Turkish_w... Several times both sides had allies...and eventually Russia helped the Balkan Orthodox states claim independence from the Ottomans. Death by a thousand cuts, but 600+ years is impressive.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoYeah, it was definitely a long slow decline. I prefer not to let facts get in the way of my jokes though. IIRC they got pwned pretty good by the Russian winter (well, the post-winter mud season) at some point in the 1500s(?) though.