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According to statistics compiled by Vladimir Solovyov, a great Moscow historian of the late nineteenth century, Moscow empire lost more than 70% of the 50 wars in the north and west from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century.
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At the beginning of the XIX century, the campaign of Muscovite Emperor Paul I in India ended in complete failure, and in a few decades, Muscovy was defeated in the Crimean War (1853-1856). At that time, European powers were firmly united against Muscovy. Thanks to the unity of Europeans and the plight of Muscovy after the war, it was defeated in the Berlin Congress of 1878.
After these defeats, the Muscovite leadership was forced to turn away from Europe and begin expansion into Asia.
By the end of the 19th century, Muscovy already controlled the Pacific coast, so it turned its attention to the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria. Muscovy's subsequent defeat in the Muscovite -Japanese War was one of the causes of the end of the Muscovite Empire.
Muscovy played a significant role in inciting the First World War. The military leaders in Moscow claimed the conflict would lead to control over the Black Sea Straits and Constantinople - today's Istanbul, then in the eyes of the Muscovites - "the second Rome".
After numerous military setbacks, the Muscovite Empire completely collapsed from within. The Brest- Litovsk peace, concluded as a result of negotiations between the new Bolshevik government and the German Empire, briefly resulted in a long-awaited statehood for Ukrainians and Belarusians.
Russia used to lose wars, says history. Donât buy the opposite myth, and donât write off Ukraine!
We used a distorted image of victory in World War II - in cinema, mass culture and education.
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Moscow horde´s war record :-
1856 defeated by Britain and France
1905 defeated by Japan
1917 defeated by Germany
1920 defeated by Poland, Finland, Estonia and all Baltic states
1939 defeated by Finland
1969 defeated by China
1989 defeated by Afghanistan
1989 defeated in the Cold War.
1996 defeated by Chechnya
2022 defeated by Ukraine
WW2 won USA/Britain , meanwhile Stalin's officers were shot or sent to the Gulags. Millions went to the Gulags, including Solzhenitsyn
Moscow's only victories come from invading smaller countries :-
a) Hungary 1956
b) Czechoslovakia 1968
c) Moldova 1992
d) Georgia 2008
"Let us begin with this evident fact: Muscovy does not belong at all to Europe, but to Asia. It follows that judging Muscovy and the Muscovites by our European standards is a mistake to be avoided."—gonzague de reynold, 19501 In methodological terms, one should de-Europeanise any analysis of Muscovy policy.— thomas gomart, 20062 "