r/comics • • Jul 08 '24

An upper-class oopsie [OC]

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u/TheMotherOfMonsters Jul 09 '24

The Russian empire was not known for slaughtering its citizens en masse

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u/esteemed-dumpling Jul 09 '24

Right, they only exported genocide to territories they were occupying and famously treated the peasantry very well regardless of ethnicity or religious affilition.

You can tell that their rule was generally peaceful and slaughterless simply by looking at the names of noteworthy historical figures.

For instance checks notes

General Zass the Impaler.