We return after looking at the rise of the Rus in part I, this time to discuss how it fell and what came after...
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Part III coming as soon as I finish writing it.
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Special thank you to @violinali for providing the recording of Oy Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon (The Dream Passes By the Window) as the backing music for a signficant part of this episode. Click the @ to check out her music.
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(This is a stupid source but it is important to read the rambling of Putin).
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