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If you take Russian Empire/USSR for example, most of the territories which have been lost are much closer to Moscow (Ukraine, Poland, Finland, Belarus, Georgia
by kgeist 4y ago
If you take Russian Empire/USSR for example, most of the territories which have been lost are much closer to Moscow (Ukraine, Poland, Finland, Belarus, Georgia etc.) than the territories still under Moscow control (Siberia), so at least in the Russia's case, it's not about transportation at all.
- ComputerGuru 4y agoSiberia is kind of its own exception, though. I’d say they managed to keep Siberia - for reasons solely to do with Siberia - despite how bad they were at keeping the empire together, relatively speaking.
- thriftwy 4y agoIt's just that Siberia is predominantly populated by ethnic Russians and USSR did not succeed in growing any regional identity there.
- swagasaurus-rex 4y agoCanada de facto owns a huge amount of territory. Nobody else wants it. Vladivostok is desireable to many powers in the region, but it's also changed hands many times in recent history.
- notch656c 4y agoWhat lands are de facto Canada but not de jure Canada's?