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Originally Posted by Honey Badger
The USSR does not even make the top 10 runner up list of great empires. Carthage to the Romans would be a much better nomination until they ran into Scipio Africanus. The Russians in WWII had some talented generals but none of the caliber of Hannibal, Scipio, Sulla, Cesar, Pompie the Great or even Napoleon.
As I writed before, Russian Empire is ancestor of USSR. Here you go some links:
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http://www.spike.com/articles/z2soh2...res-in-history 8th
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http://listverse.com/2010/06/22/top-...es-in-history/ 3rd
So, you are not right.
You should search more about Russian Empire, I think that you will be fascinated.
And about generals, It's only you'r own thoughts.
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How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Ronald Reagan
The same I can ask about Christianity, Democracy, and everything else.
