Stalin signed a nonaggression pact with Germany because he knew that Europe was on the brink of another major war, and he wanted time to be able to build up the Soviet military.
Great Depression<span>the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s</span>
This is just a guess but maybe he feels out of place in the US.
It was only used in the byzantine empire that,s why it is d.
Duties: something that someone is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
tariffs: a tax charged on goods as they pass between one country and another.