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Soviet leaders had no choice. In 1920 the country was destroyed by civil war. Industry was absent. The people were starving. Society was split. Nobody has exper
by Muha_ 8y ago
Soviet leaders had no choice. In 1920 the country was destroyed by civil war. Industry was absent. The people were starving. Society was split. Nobody has experience living without a Tsar. Nations within the country did not like each other. Fascism was arising in Europe, militarism in Asia. Everyone knew that time was short. The Soviet Union had to create powerful industry or be destroyed (and the apocalypse came very soon - in 1941). People did what they should and did not pay attention to stupidity, cruelty and injustice. All of this was secondary problem. Sovet Union managed to force Hitler to get stuck and retreat before Normandy landings. If it could not, Hitler would receive all resources of Russia and then the apocalypse would come to Great Britain and the USA...
- gandhium 8y agoJust the reminder - Soviet Union entered WW2 on _Hitler's_ side. So, they were preparing for war - but for the offensive one.
- Muha_ 8y agoThis is a myth based on a misconception about Russians. Stalin and USSR is not same. Hitler was not a friend. Fascism terrified all Russian people. Stalin dreaded Hitler and showed friendship in order to gain time. Hitler attacked Poland and it has no chances. The USSR just return the part of Belarus. Later, the Russians entered Europe as liberators from fascism, but they would never enter as conquerors. And, yes, later this liberation turn to ocupation for same reasons: if USSR was not strong it would have been isolated and destroed. And the Russians themselves stop all this and left Europe when they finally realized that communism will never work. Maybe the Russians are not the most pleasant people, but they didn’t do what the Germans did and communism is not fascism.