Please answer this: Given the following passage "The post-Imperial nature of Russian subdivision of government changed towards a generally autonomous model which began with the establishment of the USSR (of which Russia was governed as part). It was liberalized in the aftermath of the Soviet Union, with the reforms under Boris Yeltsin preserving much of the Soviet structure while applying increasingly liberal reforms to the governance of the constituent republics and subjects (while also coming into conflict with Chechen secessionist rebels during the Chechen War). Some of the reforms under Yeltsin were scaled back by Vladimir Putin.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What came before the USSR?
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Answer: post-Imperial

Please answer this: Given the following passage "There are 119,500 males within the city and 117,400 females. The 2024 age range is the most populous, with an estimated 32,300 people falling in this age range. Next largest is the 2529 range with 24,700 people and then 3034 years with 17,800. By population, Southampton is the largest monocentric city in the South East England region and the second largest on the South Coast after Plymouth.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: In a random population draw, slightly less than twenty percent of people would come from this age bracket?
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Answer: 2529

Please answer this: Given the following passage "According to Capitol Record's A&R, Joe Weinberger, he was approached by West and almost signed a deal with him, but another person in the company convinced Capitol's president not to. Desperate to keep West from defecting to another label, then-label head Damon Dash reluctantly signed West to Roc-A-Fella Records. Jay-Z later admitted that Roc-A-Fella was initially reluctant to support West as a rapper, claiming that many saw him as a producer first and foremost, and that his background contrasted with that of his labelmates.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Who almost signed Kanye West?
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Answer:
Capitol Record's