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A comment on The Submersible Nuclear Ramjet: Part Nuclear Bomber, Part Submarine (2018). Parent comment

Re:The Submersible Nuclear Ramjet: Part Nuclear Bomber, Part... by mirimir on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @10:27AM (#21921577)
Look, it was a mess. At that point, Russia was still a feudal state.

And some say that Lenin was actually a German agent, directed to destabilize Russia, and keep it out of WWI.

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Re:The Submersible Nuclear Ramjet: Part Nuclear Bomber, Part... by SiempreViernes on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @10:32AM (#21921614)
Russia would have fallen over from the stress of the war regardless, but the Germans did help with the transport of Lenin and some friends. Interestingly, wikipedia also mentions some american investment bankers wanting greater market access (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution#American_su...).
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Re:The Submersible Nuclear Ramjet: Part Nuclear Bomber, Part... by pjc50 on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @12:07PM (#21922540)
That was the reason why the Germans agreed to allow him passage through Germany in the famous "sealed train", yes.
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