Probably not in Poland (because it was attacked by Germany and SU simultaneously), but elsewhere where Soviets (I am kind here towards Russians) where able to i

Probably not in Poland (because it was attacked by Germany and SU simultaneously), but elsewhere where Soviets (I am kind here towards Russians) where able to implement, or tried to implement their regime, it was very plausible. I start with Finland, this was a mixed bag, they were attacked by SU in Winter War and while Finns had allied relations with Germans after that, they kept the promises made in the peace treaty in Moscow and not did help to make Leningrad to surrender (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War). Baltic states were forced to accept SU military bases right before the start of WWII (as it was later discovered, there was agreement between SU and Germany called Molotov-Rippentrop Pact that divided the countries between SU and Germany in Europe). Accepting military bases leaded to SU military backed coup d'état in all Baltic states that lead to political murders and repressions (10s of thousands people murdered, 100s of thousands deported (men into labour camps where most of them died and women and children with into Siberia (with 1/2 death rate)). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_the_Baltic_states_%281940%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_the_Balti... Man made famine in Ukraine should be more well known. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor I do not think that you could find any poll from that period, but I believe that you can imagine that this is highly likely that any force that managed to end the horrors was welcomed at least in the beginning. As you can see, the political situation was favouring the Germans but they managed to turn it around.