VGPolyglot on 03 November 2017
| RolStoppable said: My thoughts on empires are that they never work out. Too many peoples and languages, and the population that forms the majority will inevitably be perceived as oppressors of minorities or not caring enough about the needs of them. Once an opportunity arises for one portion to break away, other portions see their chance and try to quickly follow the path into independence. |
I think the reason why Russia was able to retain so much of its territory is because the Siberian regions conquered were extremely sparsely populated, and it was mainly Russian migration into those regions that boosted the population. The 14 Soviet Republics that separated were more densely populated, however, which meant that the Russians weren't able to assimilate the peoples as easily.
