Hitler was humiliated at Germany's defeat in WW1. It allowed him to rise in power. Using it to get to the hearts and minds of the citizens of post war Germany.
Putin has always said the break up of the Soviet Union is his driving force to put back that which was split apart. He FEELS this weakened his country, weakened their influence. Wants very much for the old Soviet Union to be whole again. A reminder that the old Soviet Union included control over Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Lithuania. Not just the Countries we typically remember. As an older guy I remember how hard Poland tried for it's independence back.
In his annual state of the nation address to parliament and the country’s top political leaders, Putin said the Soviet collapse also was a tragedy for Russians.
“First and foremost it is worth acknowledging that the demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century,” Putin said. “As for the Russian people, it became a genuine tragedy. Tens of millions of our fellow citizens and countrymen found themselves beyond the fringes of Russian territory.
That's 2005 ^^^^
That's an article from 2021 ^^^^^^
Putin has always said the break up of the Soviet Union is his driving force to put back that which was split apart. He FEELS this weakened his country, weakened their influence. Wants very much for the old Soviet Union to be whole again. A reminder that the old Soviet Union included control over Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Lithuania. Not just the Countries we typically remember. As an older guy I remember how hard Poland tried for it's independence back.
In his annual state of the nation address to parliament and the country’s top political leaders, Putin said the Soviet collapse also was a tragedy for Russians.
“First and foremost it is worth acknowledging that the demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century,” Putin said. “As for the Russian people, it became a genuine tragedy. Tens of millions of our fellow citizens and countrymen found themselves beyond the fringes of Russian territory.
That's 2005 ^^^^
Putin: Breakup of Soviet Union was ‘disintegration of historical Russia’
Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed he worked as a taxi driver in the 1990s following the breakup of the Soviet Union, which he described as the demise of “historical Russia.&…
thehill.com
That's an article from 2021 ^^^^^^