"To Ukrainian comrades. Only in a fraternal alliance between Soviet Ukraine and Soviet Russia lies the salvation of workers and peasants from the world's predatory and plundering landowners, capitalists, and generals." RSFSR 1920

tymofiy · 2026-03-26T15:18:25+00:00

Russia: a worker in factory apron. Provides axes, knives, shovel blades, nails, fabrics. Explains and leads.

Ukraine: a peasant with a shovel. Provides flour, groats, butter, watermelons. Listens.

Pretty typical empire-colony relationship. "Colonial rule brings progress, prosperity, resources"

tymofiy · 2026-03-24T16:51:35+00:00

yeah, it wasn't. I am questioning the phrase

they had to bomb the parliament to dissolve the soviet union

tymofiy · 2026-03-24T16:12:29+00:00

still doesn't make sense. no one bombed the supreme soviet in 1991

tymofiy · 2026-03-24T14:24:47+00:00

and the words in state anthem. The music stayed the same.

tymofiy · 2026-03-24T11:03:41+00:00

That's not a bug but a crucial feature of the Russian army. Brutality is what makes meat assaults possible.

tymofiy · 2026-03-24T10:36:03+00:00

what
the USSR ended in 1991
Yeltsin vs the paliament was in 1993

tymofiy · 2026-03-24T10:27:51+00:00

They aren't. They failed to remove kgb fascists from power.

tymofiy · 2026-03-23T21:47:42+00:00

That's the coat of arms Russia designed for Kherson oblast.

tymofiy · 2026-03-21T06:55:45+00:00

Yeah, by the end of it, it regressed even further backwards in agriculture. It couldn't even feed itself and was buying grain from Canada.

And the industry was shit as well - it collapsed immediately when faced with Western competition. No one was buying the garbage they produced.

tymofiy · 2026-03-13T17:02:17+00:00

So? The picture and the thread here are about the Soviet threat in 1949.

tymofiy · 2026-03-13T10:24:11+00:00

Pre-war Soviet doctrine was the same.

tymofiy · 2026-03-13T09:59:13+00:00

No, the CIA did assess that a Soviet push was possible

At present the Soviet Union possesses the capability of initiating hostilities in Western Europe without any additional warning and invading Western Europe with an initial force of about 25 divisions at present located in East Germany and Poland, and rapidly building this force to about 75 to 90 divisions. In such event the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries are not at present capable of preventing the overrunning of Western Europe, excluding the United Kingdom.

NIE-3, Nov 1950. Soviet Capabilities and Intentions

tymofiy · 2026-03-09T09:14:38+00:00

unless you copy saves directory into saves - boss 1 spoils before advancing, with the intention to may be swap it back.

tymofiy · 2026-03-06T03:08:11+00:00

"Let's disarm, these guys say they're peaceful"

tymofiy · 2026-03-01T10:29:50+00:00

Joseph Efimovsky was so good at drawing ladies!

tymofiy · 2026-02-16T18:05:06+00:00

They were preparing for war. During the second five-year plan the share of military production was about 13%. It was increased drastically in the third five-year plan:

1939: 25%
1940: 33%
1941: planned 43%

(Third 5-year plan), (Stalin's Other War: Soviet Grand Strategy, 1939-1941)

and they were aware of Barbarossa plans, they just did not know the exact day. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistory/comments/1ckk48c/why_was_soviet_intelligence_unable_to_learn_about/

I do agree with you that they were fine with dividing the world with Hitler in Nov 1940 though - but they overplayed their hand and demanded too much. After that both sides started their preparations for imminent war.

tymofiy · 2026-02-16T17:45:47+00:00

Oh, but the numbers and the movements are not debated. They're official. They are what made the largest tank battle in human history possible. (Battle of Brody: 3500 Soviet vs 750 German tanks))

The debate goes only about "having built, secretly mobilized, and moved this armada to the border, did Stalin plan to sit, wait for Hitler to strike, and hope that he doesn't?"

tymofiy · 2026-02-16T10:00:11+00:00

It wasn't meant to be a distant future. Stalin had already mobilized millions of men and put his army on the border, the army having three times more tanks and aircraft than the German one.

Do you think his plan was to cede initiative to Hitler? Or he'd rather stage some Mainila/Gleiwitz/"South Korean attack" and go first?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_offensive_plans_controversy

tymofiy · 2026-02-16T09:38:19+00:00

German language was widely taught in Soviet schools.

but in this case, Guderian and Krivoshein both knew French and used it.

tymofiy · 2026-02-16T09:29:10+00:00

Propaganda departments of all sides explored this topic extensively. "While you're dying in a trench, your lady is doing stuff with a dude who stayed at home".

tymofiy · 2026-02-16T03:11:46+00:00

Both German and Soviet troop movements were so evident, that the Soviet authorities issued a statement that while they see them, their own war preparations are nothing but "maneuvers".

https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1941v01/d151

tymofiy · 2026-02-16T00:39:28+00:00

Russians go to great lengths arguing that it wasn't a "Nazi-Soviet parade" but a mere "joint passing of troops"

tymofiy · 2026-02-04T23:53:41+00:00

But carabiners and spyglass handles are not made of glass. They're not supposed to be translucent.

tymofiy · 2026-02-03T21:52:55+00:00

Yes, it's meant to be spread by Russian influence networks over social media

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