Answered elsewhere in the thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/lz3rj1/why_did_the_ussr_build_such_grandiose_designs_and/gq29r31/ https://old.

Answered elsewhere in the thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/lz3rj1/why_did_the_ussr_build_such_grandiose_designs_and/gq29r31/ https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/lz3rj1/why_d...