Certainly long before the Louisiana purchase, and other westward expansion. Russia is less of a prison of nations that the US is.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I don't think there was. Wonder if there's a good podcast on that. It seems like it would be an interesting topics, because in my experience it's a topic that people outside of Rome and the north seem to care deeply about.

      • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        I'm currently in the last days of the Republic in the History of Rome podcast. Maybe a few hundred episodes down the line they might get there