Russian chauvanism was an issue with the USSR, but you can’t just pretend they were the same as their western counterparts who had entirely different social and economic pressures determining their actions.
I’m sure all those school and homes were really helpful in 1930s Ukraine. Oh, and can’t forget Poland. And all the indigenous peoples in North Asia were really grateful at still being part of the empire.
The same as their western counterparts? Well, if we go by Nazi collaboration and ethnic cleansing levels, it was pretty damn close. If we go by history rewriting levels, Soviets did so much of it there are even people today that insist they were a net positive. Such as yourself.
Plundered them by building schools and homes.
Russian chauvanism was an issue with the USSR, but you can’t just pretend they were the same as their western counterparts who had entirely different social and economic pressures determining their actions.
I’m sure all those school and homes were really helpful in 1930s Ukraine. Oh, and can’t forget Poland. And all the indigenous peoples in North Asia were really grateful at still being part of the empire.
The same as their western counterparts? Well, if we go by Nazi collaboration and ethnic cleansing levels, it was pretty damn close. If we go by history rewriting levels, Soviets did so much of it there are even people today that insist they were a net positive. Such as yourself.