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A lot of that depended on contributions from the Baltic countries, Ukraine, and minorities within Russia like the Russian Jews and Germans. Many of the latter h
by 0xDEF 4y ago
A lot of that depended on contributions from the Baltic countries, Ukraine, and minorities within Russia like the Russian Jews and Germans. Many of the latter have been leaving Russia in droves since the 1980s.
- wheelerof4te 4y agoI understand the need to paint Russia like a country run by corrupt and incompetent people, in light of the current geopolitical events. But, in doing so, at least try to be believable.
- ghostwriter 4y agoIt's remarkable how post-soviet states are quickly forgetting that many of them (Baltics, Georgia, and Ukraine in particular) built the majority of their currently existing heavy industries and civilian infrastructure due to their placement in the highest supply category (out of three other less fortunate categories [1]) under USSR's planned economy. For years the the entire union had been allocating its resources and the best work labour to these regions, in strong accordance to the priorities defined by Politburo. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/s8jy8l/each_settlement_in_the_ussr_was_assigned_to_one/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/s8jy8l/each_settle...