Leonid Storch: "Invincibility" as a hallucinogen"

“The idea of ​​invincibility is part of the palette of Russian exceptionalism. Indeed, it is enough to look at the dynamics of the growth of the Moscow principality, which in 600 years turned from a de facto Horde ulus into an empire spread out on the shores of three oceans, to understand: Russia has won many military successes.

At the same time, it was far from the only country that was so rapidly expanding its borders. Let us recall in this regard at least the USA, China and the UK. “I am not inclined to downplay the victories of the Russian army and militia, but to sacralize these victories and bring them to the absolute is a completely unworthy and absurd activity, especially since it does not at all stand up to historical criticism.”