TheWPCTraveler said:
Leadified said:
I have no love for communism but there is no denying that Russia was a superpower during the Soviet Union and transformed the country into an industral powerhouse. The Russian Empire was backwards, in a constant state of financial crisis and just as corrupt as the Soviets, it started to get better towards the end but it was too little too late.
As someone with roots in Austria-Hungary, I can't think of a reason why you would shit your pants, unless if you meant shit your pants laughing on how much of a trainwreck that whole experiment was.
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Austria-Hungary was on the verge of breaking apart in the years leading up to the First World War - if it wasn't for the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Franz Ferdinand.
The German Empire found themselves in hot water with both France and the Russian Empire, given how Wilhelm II screwed the diplomatic balance that Chancellor Bismarck worked hard for.
So, yeah, you really would shit your pants if you found yourself in that position.
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I think you meant to say Franz Joseph there, Ferdinand was the Archduke. It seems Ferdinand had some ideas which may have saved the empire or at least prolong its life, kind of fitting that his assassination ended up being the final nail in the coffin for Austria-Hungary.
