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| historically speaking were Russians the only people dumb enough to create an empire whose periphery was more developed than its core? | |
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| >>14902555 (OP) | |
| I think Brazil was more developed than Portugal by the time it became independent. | |
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| >>14902555 (OP) | |
| Russian Empire was like South Africa today. where less intelligent majority rules over more intelligent minority | |
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| >>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 | |
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| >>14903218 | |
| It wasn't. Even the wealthiest regions (Rio de Janeiro, the Recôncavo, Maranhão) were still underdeveloped compared to Portugal. | |
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| >>14902555 (OP) | |
| The real core was Sankt-Petersburg and the Baltics, so not really. A significant part of Russian elites were Baltic Germans | |
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| >>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. | |
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| The periphery was the coast where trade was best. Before things like railways arrived Saint Petersburg was clearly the prime city. | |
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| What do the runes say? | |