It wasnt perfect but not as bad as portrayed in the western media.
russia
The Soviet Union was fighting the Eastern Front on D-Day. Many German troops were occupied in this area.
At the normal times of the day
May Day
All of the former soviet union was once a part of the mongol empire. there were probably a lot more, too.
No Soviet forces were involved on D-day....
russia
Leningrad in the Soviet Union (Modern day St. Petersburg)
The Soviet Union was fighting the Eastern Front on D-Day. Many German troops were occupied in this area.
At the normal times of the day
May Day
All of the former soviet union was once a part of the mongol empire. there were probably a lot more, too.
That's the day they celebrate their independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Stalingrad in soviet union Normandy/dday in France midway and iwojima in japan
The first AK47 was manufactured in the Soviet Union (Present Day Russia)
It hasn't it is still a part of Russia till this day.
Russia is the nation of which the Central Asian Turkic state of Turkmenistan was a recent part.Specifically, Turkmenistan and Russia were both part of the former Soviet Union. In fact, Turkmenistan was one of the very last of the republics to secede during the dismantling of the former Soviet Union. The Soviet Union ceased to exist as a politico-geographic entity on December 26, 1991. That was just one day after Turkmenistan finally and officially left.