... 1815, the idea of balance of power was an ideal that hindered the ability to expand. Consequently, Russia's westward expansion was confined to southeastern Europe for nearly a century. Dostoevesky, one Tsar Nicholas I"s advisors, initiated the idea of Pan-Slavism which was a way to justify expansionism. ... more territory in that area so they fought with the Ottoman Empire against Russia. Tsar Nicholas I suffered a horrible defeat due to this western alliance with the Ottoman Empire. The immediate response from Britain and France showed the importance of the economic aspect of the Balkan...

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... as Stalin yet his Georgian roots are of no concern to us, the important piece of puzzle is what he left after his death a succumbing empire similar to the fading Western Roman Empire at his end, a population living in lush, greediness, gluttony with the main production coming from outside its "borders " more specifically from the puppet states, a so called empire that ... was more of a training with live ammunition, but in the end sticking to the Russian side of the road as Lenin said in every quantity is a quality. Coming to the Western corner we can find something that looks like it's...

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• Grade Level: Graduate