Why didn’t russia ever retake Istanbul ?

Russia was a rising power and the Ottomans where a dieing one.

French and UK chimped out about muh balance of power

Perfidious Albion as always

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>retake
Did I miss something in the history books?

>being unaware that russia is a direct continuation of byzantium

oca.org/saints/lives/2016/07/02/101866-the-placing-of-the-honorable-robe-of-the-most-holy-mother-of-god

They took the suburbs in 860

There was no concept of Russians in the IX century, brainlet.

Why's France getting a free pass for this?

>There was no concept of Russians in the IX century, brainlet

Jealous of the British Empire being the biggest in the worlds history.

Not him but the true mark of a brainlet is someone who just responds by greentexting his post and attaching a brainlet image.

>Poles on Ottoman side

Interesting

Frogs would've gotten raped without British navy.

The Russian Federation is younger than me. There's still a continuity.

I'm glad that the Anglos are getting raped and replaced by brown people.

The Rus Khaganate was more of a Viking entity

To where? your mother's bedroom?

Stupid fucking wh*Te retard thinks he's more than a wimpy tiny dicked wh*Te cuck lul

There is that word again.....Viking

Holy shit.
>rus khaganate
Jesus.
>Viking

Are you just using random buzzwords?
Viking was a profession, not a fucking state entity.

Anglos and then commies

Those crooked teethed red coats thought it would be better to give pedophiles and rape gangs direct intravenous access to the heart of europe

Russia has always been considered the successors to rome

It was never theirs to retake

>Khaganate
>Viking
Pick one

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