Russia's advancements were repelled in what was called the great leap forward the february revolution the great retreat the triple entente

The answer is The Great Retreat

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he supported the seperation of church and state. he also promoted religious tolerance.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.