@joelucbarnes.bsky.social Farewell to Russia journeys across the former Soviet Union to explore how independence has changed lives while Russia’s influence still endures https://ow.ly/YPcZ50ZWnPP #FarewellToRussia #CentralAsia #JoeLucBarnes #TravelBooks #PostSoviet #HistoryAndTravel

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What do you get when you inject radical nationalism into the matrix of corrupt oligarchism, authoritarianism, and imperialism? History already answered this rhetorical question 100 years ago.
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