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> blames many environmental problems on soviet era
I bet. They ain't wrong. But at that time the "free world" wasn't big on environmentalism either.
Russia is a giant ass country with all kinds of terrain, climate, biomes, and people.They even have T-I-G-E-R-S. It's very diverse, I can't put it otherwise. But there are unifying characteristic everywhere (and I think they aren't flattering unfortunately), both Tzarism and Communism made their marks. It's intriguing for me but I just can't make friends with Slavic languages so the language barrier remains.