After failed Russian offensives, reform movements emerge (Alexander II after Crimean War, Duma after 1905, Bolshevism after 1916-17, fall of Soviet Union after Afghanistan); but leadership matters—if there is no reform-oriented leader, the decision-making apparatus cannot adapt, and this is what will determine Russia's future
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“There was a reform movement in the wake of the Crimean War. That's what I'm getting. If you don't have a leadership that is reform oriented, then that decision-m might not even touch.”
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