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Re:Sometimes powerful people just do dumb shit by Atatator on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @05:19AM (#47763194)
> standing at the doorstep of their ancient capital

Moscow was neither "ancient capital" nor current capital of Russia in 1812.

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Re:Sometimes powerful people just do dumb shit by TonyStr on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @06:33AM (#47763754)
My apologies, I think I was misremembering a quote from War and Peace.

I actually went and found the passage that confused me: https://literaturepage.com/read/warandpeace-1228.html

Thank you for correcting me! Tolstoy meant it philosophically/culturally, not literally.

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