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From the prior inhabitants through the ancient and acceptable right of force-of-arms... The Russian state first started with a small group of Viking princes in
by lupatus 15y ago
From the prior inhabitants through the ancient and acceptable right of force-of-arms...
The Russian state first started with a small group of Viking princes in the area of Kiev and expanded to rule an area that used to be home to a wide variety of empires, states, kingdoms, and tribes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_russia#Kievan_Rus.27 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_russia#Kievan_Rus.27
- asciilifeform 15y agothrough the ancient and acceptable right of force-of-arms... And that's exactly how the Communists, in turn, came to own it.