Misunderstanding Soviet Power in WW2 and Russian power today

How these concepts are linked and why it matters: Part 1

Confusing Soviet Power in World War II and Russian power today, and why that matters. (Part 1)

There has been a regular chorus by certain people which seems to conflate one vision of World War II with the view of Russian power today. In short, it is those who argue that it was the Soviet Union that played the dominant role in defeating Nazi Germany, whic…