Explaining Russian Civilization "WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, Culture

Russia has been one of the most powerful countries in world history. The world's view is too focused on Russia today, but there are several assumptions you need to change about Russian civilization to understand the Russian mind and Russian civilization. Watch with maps at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0j2nT-zYHA

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Reading List:
A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia part 1 by David Christian
A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia part 2 by David Christian
Europe a History by Norman Davies
A History of Russia by Orlando Figes
The Rise of the West by William McNeil
Europe's Steppe Frontier 1500-1800 by William McNeil
The Story of the Russian Land by Alexander Dmitrevich Nechvolodov
Atrocities by Matthew White
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
The Dictators by Richard Overy
The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown
Disunited Nations by Peter Turchin
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
False Economy by Alan Beattie
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
The Reformation by Will Durant
The History of Western Warfare part 2 by JFC Fuller
Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu
The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin
End Times by Peter Turchin
War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin
Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley
All the Kremlin's Men by Mikhail Zygar
Forces of Change by Henry Hobhouse
Poland by Adam Zamoyski
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
The Origins of Ideology by Emmanuel Todd