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eunos
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Russia’s Possible Invasion of Ukraine
> Every Kremlin ruler knows that one of the quickest ways to end a Russian dynasty or regime is to lose a war.
Romanov dynasty had many wars before being toppled.
JadeNB
on March 2, 2022
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The claim is less that every loss (not every war) ends a dynasty than that many ends of dynasties can be traced to lost wars. The loss to the Japanese was a huge factor in the loss of respect at the end of the Romanov dynasty.
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Romanov dynasty had many wars before being toppled.