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----- --- 14902555 historically speaking were Russians the only people dumb enough to create an empire whose periphery was more developed than its core? --- 14903218 >>14902555 (OP) I think Brazil was more developed than Portugal by the time it became independent. --- 14903640 >>14902555 (OP) Russian Empire was like South Africa today. where less intelligent majority rules over more intelligent minority --- 14903650 >>14903218 Brazil is also a good example of periphery development. The coastline is where 90% of people live, there used to be fucking nothing westwards --- 14903908 >>14903218 It wasn't. Even the wealthiest regions (Rio de Janeiro, the Recôncavo, Maranhão) were still underdeveloped compared to Portugal. --- 14903926 >>14902555 (OP) The real core was Sankt-Petersburg and the Baltics, so not really. A significant part of Russian elites were Baltic Germans --- 14904873 >>14902555 (OP) >create an empire whose periphery was more developed than its core? That's just what happens whenever a barbarian horde subjugates a civilized region. Typically these arrangements are not very long lived, as was the case here too. --- 14904908 The periphery was the coast where trade was best. Before things like railways arrived Saint Petersburg was clearly the prime city. --- 14904914 What do the runes say? |