So Russia armed Ethiopians thus aiding them in defeating Italians in their attempt to colonize

Only a few major dealers out there to buy from. Mostly gonna be Russia, US, China. Or secondhand stuff from a smaller country...so your stuff still originated from one of those 3.
 
At the time Russia was an Eastern Orthodox Christian country. So was Ethiopia. So they were natural allies. Actually there is a long history of cultural exchanges and alliances between the two countries.
Good to see more history being posted around here because there are not many historians on BGOL. OP is one of the posters lacking the knowledge.
 
At the time Russia was an Eastern Orthodox Christian country. So was Ethiopia. So they were natural allies. Actually there is a long history of cultural exchanges and alliances between the two countries.
Russia has the largest land mass and population in Europe. And the most natural resources as Africa, which is possibly the reason why they never attempted to colonize Africa.

I'm not capeing just sharing info
 
Actually, Nazi Germany initially armed Ethiopia as well because Mussolini had pissed Hitler off.
This is true. Hitler also hoped if Italy was bogged down in ethiopia Mussolini would have no choice but to ally with Germany. Little known fact, Mussolini never liked Hitler and actually proposed a plan in the 30s with england and france to invade Germany. Before hitler got too strong. Imagine how different the world would be if that happened.
 
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