Actually, in the West there is far more awareness about Soviet Union's ( not just Russia ) contributions to victory over Nazi Germany.
However, there is extremely very little mention with regards to Soviet Union's action to start WWII by partnering with Nazi Germany to split Europe between the two of them.
In fact, US WWII history and videos white washed a lot of the action Soviet Union played as an accomplice.
The truth is that Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were equal in responsibilities in the Invasion of independent European states between the 2 of them ..
So it is really hard for me to imagine Russia wanting the glory without the responsibility of starting WWII in Europe ..
2. The article correctly states that the holiday of the great victory is very important for Russia. I understand that in Western countries it is now customary to exclude the role of the USSR in the victory over Nazi Germany from history and culture, but we really have a memorial sign to the heroes who died for our country in almost every village to the west of Moscow.
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