Russia
lost 400,000 in the French invasion of Russia in 1812. The Napoleonic War
lasted from 1803 to 1815 and resulted in the temporary conquest of Europe.
Russia
lost 10 million in WWI including 8 million soldiers and 2 million civilians
1914-1918. WWI was the crisis Marxists were looking for. The Russian population
was ready to over-through the Russian Monarchy.
Russia
lost 9 million in the Communist Revolution 1918-1922. The problem with
Communism was that it was a brutal dictatorship that confiscated all property.
Foreign investment died and trade was limited. The USSR dissolved in 1989.
Russia
lost 30 million in the Communist Purges 1936-1938. Those
Russians who objected to their brutal dictatorship were killed and imprisoned
Russia
lost 27 million in WW2 including 11 million soldiers and 19 million civilians
from 1941 to 1944. Russia seized expanded territory in 1945, but lost it in
1989. Russia played a critical role in winning World War II.
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Russia
has a Nominal GDP of $1.63 trillion and a Nominal Per Capita GDP of $11326.
Population is 143.9 million. Russia is
a major supplier of oil and natural gas.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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