How did Russia become so big?
>>70471
because it's a barren wasteland filled with nothing of no value anyone wants, so nobody has bothered to capture and take any of the frozen wilderness and keep it
>>70471
Nobody wanted their land.
>>70471
Miles and miles of empty forest. Not very impressive desu
>>70500
2 idiots tried tho
>>70471
No competitors for the most part, no organized local resistance, little to none investment in newly captured areas. It's easy to paint a fuckhuge part of the map your colour on the basis of a few of your guys having been there several years ago.
>>70471
Noone cared who they were until they put on the Moscow
>>70519
Not really empty, wildlife is awesome up there.
>>70656
>you'll never cuddle a manul
>>70707
>tfw only 50 or so Amur leopards left.
>>70471
Cossaks
>>70707
>>71190
Russian wildlife thread?
>>70588
Underrated
