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Attempts by the [[Bolsheviks]] to spread the communist revolution around the globe were unsuccessful...

Attempts by the [[Bolsheviks]] to spread the communist revolution around the globe were unsuccessful...

The collapse of the colonial system and Soviet Russia's false confidence led to territorial greed. Afghanistan fell victim to it in 1979. The Russian invasion of Afghanistan, like the Russo-Japanese War, was a prelude to the end of the empire. Then the Soviet Union disintegrated, becoming one of the great geopolitical blessings of the bloody twentieth century...

The collapse of the colonial system and Soviet Russia's false confidence led to territorial greed. [[Afghanistan]] fell victim to it in 1979. The Russian invasion of Afghanistan, like the Russo-Japanese War, was a prelude to the end of the empire. Then the Soviet Union disintegrated, becoming one of the great geopolitical blessings of the bloody twentieth century...

In 1996, Russia launched a war against [[Chechnya]]. However, the bloodshed in little Chechnya in the North [[Caucasus]] proved fatal to the Russian army. In 1999, Russia launched a second Chechen war, choosing a different tactic. Chechnya was ruthlessly defeated, and Moscow appointed a brutal puppet dictator at the head of a "useful republic" within the Russian Federation.

In 1996, Russia launched a war against [[Chechnya]]. However, the bloodshed in little Chechnya in the North [[Caucasus]] proved fatal to the Russian army. In 1999, Russia launched a second Chechen war, choosing a different tactic. Chechnya was ruthlessly defeated, and Moscow appointed a brutal puppet dictator at the head of a "useful republic" within the Russian Federation.