Matfey Shaheen — Vladimir Putin “I slept with a SHOTGUN beside my bed”

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The 1990’s were among the four worst periods in Russian history, which collectively were:The Mongol Invasion of 1240 — Including all the events that went with it, the fall of Kiev, the sundering of Ukraine and Belarus from the territory of modern Russia, their partition into Lithuanian Rus’, and later Rzeczpospolita (Poland-Lithuania). The Time of Troubles 1598-1613 The Bolshevik Revolution (1917) and events that followed the 1990s (which happened in the 1990’s believe it or not) Russia FeedVladimir Putin “I slept with a SHOTGUN beside my bed”Matfey Shaheen

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