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Russia: The National Idea Quest"
Russia is one of the world's most important countries which determine the course of history and life of the world community. For many centuries in the past Russia had decisively influenced crucial events in the history of Eurasia, and in the recent hundred years its activity has expanded to nearly worldwide. Suffice is to recall its support of the national liberation movements in former colonies and involvement in various armed conflicts in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Shortly after the end of the Second World War, where those who claimed world supremacy were defeated, a new opposition had formed, this time between the former allies, primarily between the Soviet Union and the United States. The opposition fueled the arms race and brought the world to a dangerous point where the threat of a global nuclear catastrophe was very high...
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