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By Gregory Carleton

Outsiders view Russia as an aggressor, yet Russians see themselves as surrounded through enemies, defensively struggling with off invader after invader, or referred to as upon by way of background to be the savior of Europe, or Christianity, or civilization itself, frequently at massive fee. As Gregory Carleton indicates, battle is the unifying thread of Russia’s nationwide epic.

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