As someone who was born and raised in the ex-USSR, I can tell that these people minority.
In reality most Russians supported the Soviet government and they view the dissolution of the USSR as the biggest geopolitical disaster of the 20th century. Even Putin backs this sentiment.
The funniest thing is that most Russian conservatives support the USSR(the same ones that are ultra religious). To go one step further, they think Stalin is the best leader Russia ever had, beating out Alexander Nevskii and Peter I(narrowly by 1% according to their most reliable pollster)
I can tell you that there a lot of misconceptions people on this board have about USSR in general one of the main one being that Russians didn't support it. If anything, what you wrote was true for the Tsarist government which was basically an oligarchic nightmare, something the dems are looking to turn us into.
How can such “smart” people fall for such an obvious lie?
Decades of brainwashing. Similar happened to the Russians.
What do you mean Russians?
Former Soviet Russians have stated that they were embarrassed they allowed the Bolsheviks to turn them against the czar and the Orthodox Church.
Then brainwashing became decades before the 1918 color revolution. COVD 19 was the 100 year anniversary. It’s Americas turn.
As someone who was born and raised in the ex-USSR, I can tell that these people minority.
In reality most Russians supported the Soviet government and they view the dissolution of the USSR as the biggest geopolitical disaster of the 20th century. Even Putin backs this sentiment.
The funniest thing is that most Russian conservatives support the USSR(the same ones that are ultra religious). To go one step further, they think Stalin is the best leader Russia ever had, beating out Alexander Nevskii and Peter I(narrowly by 1% according to their most reliable pollster)
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/04/16/stalins-approval-rating-among-russians-hits-record-high-poll-a65245
I can tell you that there a lot of misconceptions people on this board have about USSR in general one of the main one being that Russians didn't support it. If anything, what you wrote was true for the Tsarist government which was basically an oligarchic nightmare, something the dems are looking to turn us into.