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Q: Bismarck urged not to hinder Russia from going deeper into the "oriental dead end." What did he mean by "oriental dead end?"

MitsukoIn his letter of 03 May 1888, Otto von Bismarck, the then-Chancellor of Germany, wrote to Prince Heinrich VII Reuß, the then-Ambassador of Germany to Austria-Hungary: Durch einen Angriff auf das heutige Rußland würden wir seinen Zusammenhang festigen; durch Abwarten seines Angriffs aber können w...

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