History of Russia is a shame and indignity? Nothing more?
Of course there's a lot more, there's sacrifice and heroism but ultimately if you look at russian history its one of abuse, lie and tyranny. A common russian did show merit but the nation and the country did not.
Russia pursued power at any cost, the cost was dignity to the point where Russia has to rewrite its own history not be haunted by shame of it.
Do you think Soviet people were ever told to occupy Poland? The vast majority thought and think of the fraternal Polish people being liberated and it's at least irrationally to blame them for every single sin. Blame those who they were cheated by.
Sasha like i said there is a difference between a common Russian and Russia as a whole, somehow the sum of great people is a very dark and twisted country, personally i think its because Russians were never trully civilizationally or politically aware and despite obvious inteligence and education the elites failed to develop ethics and morality as we know it.
was it that bad or was it actually bad since this raised me with a strong belief that Poles were our brothers?
No thats about right, even despite all the history between us when you ask polish people how they feel about Russians a crushing majority will speak in superlatives only so there's something going on there.