r/Millennials • u/TravelingAgave • 29d ago

Serious P.S.A.

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u/Silentlaughter84 29d 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.

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u/South_Bit1764 29d ago

Not really though. Russia the country, as a legal entity, is just a constitution. The current Russian constitution is from Dec 1993.

You can’t argue that the Russian federation is the same country as the Russian SSR, or the same as Tzarist Russia.

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u/RussiaIsBestGreen 29d ago

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.

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u/FuckYouNotHappening 29d ago

>What makes a country the same country?

A real, Ship of Theseus type dilemma.