Well they try very hard to assert the opposite, using that fraudulent referendum as a cover. Even within Russia proper, "we just crushed them with our might an

Well they try very hard to assert the opposite, using that fraudulent referendum as a cover. Even within Russia proper, "we just crushed them with our might and so they are ours" would be unpalatable to the population. Folks must believe in the rightneousness of their Tsar.