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  "textContent": "Russia before the Soviet Union could be a volatile place. It had had its fair share of violent czars: Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and others had led their people into war, and the system of serfdom robbed the majority of Russians of their liberty and the possibility of improving their…",
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