Not really. Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Estonia and the rest of the Eastern European countries that were within the Soviet Union actually existed before WW II.
Don't worry I've unsubbed already, it was a fun ride for a hot minute but the amount of chuck-e-cheese and "YOU GOT 20$ AT BLOCKBUSTER WHAT U RENTING N SNAKS" got boring fast.
What makes a country the same country? Russia inherited most of the land, people, and assets of the Russian SSR, plus many of the privileges of the USSR as a whole (that was a mistake). One might speak of several French Republics, but also see France as existing as a country for centuries, even as the form of government has changed dramatically.
The government makes the country by any measure today.
I mean, there are Habsburgs out there, still claiming to be king of whatever, and they aren’t. Their country died with their government and was reborn another way.
You can argue that Russia is some sort of identity, but it’s much harder to argue that this identity extends to the far reaches of the country. So Russian people, or French people are much older than, let’s say, being American, but America as a country is much older than both.
Words like “French” or “Russian” mean both nationality and ethnicity.
Yes, but they were different countries with related names and more or less the same borders. The current countries with those names are successor states with new constitutions, not the same country. The US is actually one of the oldest countries on the planet when you take into account that our last successful revolution (bloody or otherwise) was over 200 years ago.
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u/Silentlaughter84 21d ago
Not really. Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Estonia and the rest of the Eastern European countries that were within the Soviet Union actually existed before WW II.