Broken down and inside a nutshell, this whole chapter is about how Columbus isn't quite as awesome as we all think he is, and in some opinions, how he doesn't even deserver to have his own dedicated day, since he only found America by accident.
Secondly, in the same nutshell is the rise of the Russian Empire, and how that was awesome in itself, although it wasn't quite deserving of a holiday.
One of my favorite parts of this chapter was the quick discussion about how when Russia changed into an empire, it changed the fundamentals of Russia itself. When it became a cultural melting pot, the number of actual Russians diminished proportionately.
The Russian Empire also lasted for such a long time, compared with other Empires such as the Spanish, Portuguese, and British Empires. It lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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