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Why didn’t current republics of Russia, like Tatarstan, Chechnya, Dagestan, etc., become independent countries when the USSR collapsed, similar to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc?

I know during Soviet times they had less autonomy than the Soviet republics, but what made Kazakhstan, for instance, have more autonomy in the USSR than Tatarstan? Source

In one of my classes, we received a list of the greatest mass killings in human history. The top was, of course, World War 2, but number two was the Mongol conquests under Genghis Khan, to whom they attribute forty MILLION deaths! Can this possibly be true? How do we calculate something like that?

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Can anyone tell me what The Crusaders Order of the World was?

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Great Grandpa was an Italian immigrant living in Newburgh, NY. He made it to at least the third tier of metaphysical lessons. One document is titled "The Code of the Nazarene" and discusses the whereabouts of Jesus during the "missing" years of his story. Most of the paperwork has dates of 1933-1936. What types of…

I’ve read that it was incredibly normal for brides to be pregnant in the 18th century, but in Pride and Prejudice a couple’s implied sexual contact prior to their marriage is a huge scandal. Is this indicative of a moral class divide, or were 18th century values just not representative of reality?

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What exactly were the Japanese Fart Wars?

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Currently doing a project on ancient Japanese history and was searching for artistic images. That’s when I happened upon this beauty. It’s not the only one either, quite a few depictions of men battling with their furious flatulence. Was this some sort of metaphor or “statement” by an artist? You typically don’t see that level…

It seems hopelessly stupid for a high-ranking government official to fly, solo, to a country with which they are currently at war, yet that is exactly what Deputy Führer Rudolph Hess did when he flew to Scotland in 1941. Why on earth did he do this?

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Why didn’t current republics of Russia, like Tatarstan, Chechnya, Dagestan, etc., become independent countries when the USSR collapsed, similar to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc?

In one of my classes, we received a list of the greatest mass killings in human history. The top was, of course, World War 2, but number two was the Mongol conquests under Genghis Khan, to whom they attribute forty MILLION deaths! Can this possibly be true? How do we calculate something like that?

Can anyone tell me what The Crusaders Order of the World was?

What exactly were the Japanese Fart Wars?

It seems hopelessly stupid for a high-ranking government official to fly, solo, to a country with which they are currently at war, yet that is exactly what Deputy Führer Rudolph Hess did when he flew to Scotland in 1941. Why on earth did he do this?

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