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Answer: How come Russia fell so quickly from superpower to third-world country.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest How come Russia fell so quickly from superpower to third-world country? Robin Daverman, world traveler Updated Jan 15 How come Russia fell so quickly from superpower to third-world country? Well Russia is not a third-world country. It has the 12th highest GDP in the world. List of countries...  Read More » Why has England remained unconquered for nearly 1000 years? Jumare Jaeger, Analyst at Police and Law Enforcement Updated Fri By 1066, the Vikings realized that they could not profitably fight English (armored) heavy cavalry and infantry. Why bother? The lands of “Russia” (the land of the Scandina...  Read More » In the UK, how do you know if someone is upper class? Fiona McGregor, lives in Scotland Updated Jan 23 I used to work in a company where a lot of people were upper class. Here are some ways you can tell: - they went to boarding school; - they call their parents mummy and daddy...  Read More » When was the last time America was great according to Trump's “Make America Great Again” slogan? Joe Hadley, Worked elections in Indiana for 20 years. Registered progressive. Written Jan 29 Henry Ford decided one weekend to double his workers salaries and did so the next day. Not because he was generous but because he realized he would thrive with lower worker...  Read More » Why do people insist/believe that the Barrett is a sniper rifle? James Jones, Former police officer and armorer, master gunsmith. Very large gun collection. Written Dec 10 I own a Barrett and I’m not sure what else to call it. If I wanted to destroy trucks, I would call in an airstrike. If I wanted to destroy enemy aircraft, I would call in me...  Read More » What is the salary for new graduates starting at Google in 2016? Chris Bolte, CEO/Co-Founder of www-paysa-com - helping employees maximize their market value Written Jan 4 Google salaries for new graduates w/a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from a good school are $170k, all-in. Here is a full break-down by compensation component, as wel...  Read More » 6,000,000,000 Clone troopers and 7,000,000,000 Stormtroopers brutally battle it out on Hoth, who wins? Dan Conlin, I spend way too much time thinking about this and researching it. Written Jan 24 There is one major difference between GAR Clone troopers and Imperial Stormtroopers that not many people get: they are two totally different forces, for two totally differe...  Read More » Would you go back in time and kill baby Hitler? Mark T Loy Written Jan 12 I can just picture it now: Guy materializes out of nowhere, pulls out a gun, and shoots a baby. Everyone screams in fear and outrage. Klara Hitler is holding her baby’s tiny h...  Read More » Is it true Israel isn't really a haven of democracy? Elke Weiss, Israeli-American Updated 8h ago It’s hard to have a serious conversation that starts with “I fucking hate Israel” but I’ll do my best. Firstly, the term pinkwashing is grossly homophobic. It basically nega...  Read More » In evolution, why are we not seeing sea creatures crawling onto the shores today? Barry Goldberg, Born Jewish, Raised Mormon, Discovered Philosophy and Became Atheist Updated Jan 19 As has been pointed out, we actually do see plenty of sea creatures crawling onto the shore today. The problem is that, whenever these are pointed out to Creationists, the ...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.