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1 year agoThis is a take ive seen multiple times and i think its a little backwards. Russia never had a reason to fight on Armenia’s behalf, before or after they got so desperate they tried to get literally anyone to care about them. If they brought it on themselves its only that they didnt somehow manage to make some natural resources or important exports spring out of the ground so someone would care, because in the end, decades of close ties with Russia or “democratic values” aren’t enough for anyone.
Here’s an article with a little more detailed plot : LINK
A bunch of of them are college towns, the one in in Illinois is probably due to UIUC, also Penn State in the middle of PA.