>>125072527>the Soviets for all their flaws brought their country out of feudal squalorI wish this meme would die.
Russia had already been going through massive reforms and modernization long before the commies showed up to fuck everything up.
You know what the commies actually accomplished? Stalling modernization, killing literally millions of people, and thoroughly destroying the cultural heart and soul of the Russian people.
Russian used to be a powerhouse in European cultural, producing some of the most well respected musical and literary works in the world. And where did that all go? Straight to the grave when the commies decided to kill or imprison anyone who so much as sneezed in their general direction.
Moral of the story: don't buy into commie propaganda. Whenever they say they "made things better", you can bet your ass they're lying.
