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re: Who Had the Greatest Colonial Power in History?
Posted on 4/27/24 at 10:53 am to thedisciple315
Posted on 4/27/24 at 10:53 am to thedisciple315
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The Russians (Soviets) at one point they controlled half the world... more than the British ever did.
They had direct control though. If you consider indirect control (soft power) than it was the USA at some point in the 90s
The USSR never controlled half the world and certainly not direct control. As far as land mass under control it is the British and percent of world population the Qing
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Posted on 4/27/24 at 2:43 pm to DavidTheGnome
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The USSR never controlled half the world and certainly not direct control.
The Soviet answers are funny, because they lasted less than 80 years and never truly projected any naval power (certainly the combined fleet of NATO nations was far superior).
Ancient times, certainly Persia and Rome have an argument (and don't sleep on Egypt), and by the medieval period, the Mongols, but
at the Soviets.
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