Often omitted part of the reason for that was that it had to build itself up, in rather hostile conditions, from much worse state than "the west". Even former R

Often omitted part of the reason for that was that it had to build itself up, in rather hostile conditions, from much worse state than "the west". Even former Russian partition of Poland, to this day considered (for a reason) a backwards place, was one of the most modern areas of the Russian Empire. Then when post-WW2 the expected disarmament didn't come... well