Why did Russia never get overseas colonies?
Why didn't Russia build an overseas colonial empire?
Why couldn't post-Soviet capitalist Russia become an economic powerhouse? Why didn't Russia blatantly invade the eastern part of Ukraine? Why didn't the Russians discover the new world even though they were geographically so close to America? When did Russia became a developed country? How did Russia become so huge as a country? How did it stay so big without breaking up? Why did Russia abandoned Alaska? Why did Russia annex Crimea? Is Russia an empire? Why has Russia's eastern coast never developed? Why wasn't American military aid for Russia in the Second World War mostly sent across the Pacific? Why have all the Russian presidents been Conserative when Russia was far left for nearly a century, under the Soviet Union? Could Russia have prevented WWI? Did USSR lose superpower status or Russia didn't take it over? After examining the "westernization" of Russia under Peter the Great, how was Russia transformed and what was its success? Why is Russia still a powerful country? Why did capitalism fail in russia? Why doesn't Russia invade all of Ukraine? Why and how Russia possesses such a huge land mass? Why is Russia a poor country? Why shouldn't Crimea become part of Russia? Why did Napoleon and Hitler want to invade Russia so bad? Why were Russia and Ukraine in conflict? Is Russia now a capitalist country? Why did Russia sell Alaska to the USA? Why didn't China colonized Africa like the Europeans? What is a brief history of Russia? Why doesn't Russia like the United States? Is Russia considered a developing or developed country? Why did Napoleon invade Russia? Why does the US want to start a war with Russia?