Misunderstanding Soviet Power in WW2 and Russian power today

Part 2--why thinking the USSR won the wars makes you overrate the Russians today.

Here is the long-promised part 2 to the substack that started discussing why there seems to be an overlap between those who argue that the USSR was the most important power in the defeat of Nazi Germany and those who did and continue to over-rate Russian power since the war in Ukraine. The first part of the substack can be accessed here, and provides a …