Bolshoi in Russia: Stumbling between Devoloped and Developing

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Yeah, and we are the country that for the past 100 years:
was tottally devastated by October 1917 Revolution and civil wars (how many millions people died domestic or fled abroan I am not going to estimate). Suffice to say that Russian had population of 129 mln. around 1900, and now it`s 140 mln. - almost the same. To it also attributed communists policy of "collectivisation" in 1920-1930, with awful famine in rural areas. Stalin`s purges of 1933-1937 took away few more million lives. Gitler invasion of 1941 - 1945 took another 20 mln. as per official estimate. Modern reports vary up to 30-40 mln. human losses during WWII. Relatively peasfull Soviet period from 1945-1990 let the country accumulate some wealth. However, perestroika and glasnost collapsed Soviet Union when living standards totally went to zero. Crime, corruption, Caucasus wars, lost of all 15 Soviets Republics put Russia on its knees again. We were guilty as charged and paying concequences of 1917 revolt. After all that, we are back again, standing streight with our head up. We are gonna make it, people.

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