Comments by "Arty" (@arty5876) on "Why Does Russia Hate the West (and NATO) - TLDR News" video.
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@jackroutledge352 Russia had very few wars with Japan. Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5 was started by Japan. Japanese ships, without a declaration of war, had attacked Russian ships near port-Arthur. Second Russo-Japanese war also was started by Japan - Japanese forces had invaded Mongolian territory in 1939, while Mongolia was a puppet state, controlled by USSR. The third war with Japan had started after Allied proposal of help. USA and UK were fighting against Japan on the sea and in the air for a long time, and Western Allies asked Stalin for a help in the land war. Soviet troops de facto ended long and bloody war in China, and Soviet invasion of Northern China played little less role in the surrender of Japan, than nuclear bombings.
Russia had very few wars with Finland - Soviet-Finnish war of 1918 was started by Finland - in 1918 communists were losing the civil war in Russia, and Finland literally invaded Russia. The second Soviet-Finnish war was started by USSR in 1939 and ended in 1940. Third Soviet-Finnish war was a Finnish attempt to revenge. After 1945 Russia and Finland had built good economical and neutral geopolitical relations.
Last time when Russia had invaded Bulgaria - it was the time of Kievan Rus. Kiev had allied with Bythantine Empire to fight againt Bulgarians.
Russia never invaded Albania.
Russia never invaded Romania - in 1918 Romania, using the situation of civil war in Russia, simply occupied Russian territories, and in 1940 Stalin returned them back, forming the Moldovan Soviet republic. Western countries respected Soviet demands on Romanian territories. Later Romania, together with Germany, had invaded USSR, and after war Soviets established puppet government.
Last time Russia had invaded the Ottoman Empire - late 19th century. In 19th century everyone was invading everyone. It was normal to invade other countries in 19th century.
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