That's false. Russia and Germany had a non-aggression pact. Also you should read about the Munich Agreement[0], that preceded the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and clearly shown that no one was willing to fight Germany and protect Czechoslovakia besides the USSR.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_state...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Credit_A...
Which country wasn't trading with Nazi Germany?
Bolsheviks were terrorists [7], the state evolved from terrorists organisation. It should be shamed just as we shame Fascists. Meanwhile in Russia Stalin popularity is record high [8].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1932%E2%80%93...
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_system_in_the_Soviet_...
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_revolution
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Empire
All that the parent comment listed doesn't have anything to do with that.
The fact is that the USSR and Germany signed a non-aggression pact, not a treaty of alliance. You can read the text [0] yourself and see that there is nothing resembling a war alliance.
[0] https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pa...
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pa...
They even divided Poland in a coordinated attack on two fronts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_military...
It is not the name that matters but content and actions.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_bo...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Ukrainian_War
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Border_a...
> By the combined efforts of the great powers of the USSR, USA, UK fascist Germany was defeated in the ashes
That victory was rebirth of USSR. Heroes returned home, no way to rule them as before. But wounds were not allowed to heal, 9 May become day of "we were attacked, still plenty of enemies around". Russians, Czechs, Slovaks, Ukrainians, Georgians, Moldovan (and many others) fought together. USSR attacked Czechoslovakia, Russia attacked Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine.
Somehow your counterexample is loss and contribution. I never said there was not.
> "turning the tide for the Russians^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H USSR"
By USSR census Russians 53%, Ukrainians 21%, even Slavs would be incorrect - 78%. Census 1937 [3] was not published because of the man-made famine [4] consequences. Official position - there was no such thing.
Hardly anyone knows about occupation of Poland [5], Baltic states [6] and War with Finland [7].
Could they have won war alone? No. Germans occupied a lot of industrial territories with Blitzkrieg, not enough time to restart factories [8]. Without support there would be no Moscow and Stalingrad. There would be guerilla war but that's not enough.
Back to topic. In Russia it is believed that after taking Berlin soldiers should have fought Allies. That's liberation war for you.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gzZoVm-joc&t=20m23s
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Census_(1926)
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Census_(1937)
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%...
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_state...
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War
[8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_in_the_Soviet_Union
And they were not the only ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable
I mean today, when hardly any solder left alive.
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Some facts - signs "On Berlin" (На Берлин) [1]? Anyone else want this war again?
But best mark is the leader support [2]:
> In January 2013, at the time of 2011–2013 Russian protests, Putin's approval rating fell to 62%, the lowest figure since 2000 and a ten-point drop over two years. By May 2014, following the annexation of Crimea, Putin's approval rating had rebounded to 85.9%, a six-year high.
... improved after aggression on "brother Slavs", war in neighboring country, tanked economy [3], [4].
[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_Vladimir_Putin...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_financial_crisis_(2014...
[4] https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&...
Nothing in what you have written has any relation to your statement: "In Russia it is believed that after taking Berlin soldiers should have fought Allies".
That Germans resolved this conflict and leave on. And Russians cling for their only perceived superiority as war machine like there is nothing else to be proud of. Like it is zero sum game - their own victory and noones else.
You are not alone - their is entire country.
Don't buy the Hollywood perspective on WW2 without first considering that it's far from the full picture. For example, China/Japan details are not as well known in western world, but a significant situation and part of the conflict with lots of people killed, which also happened before 1939 partly.
As always, it's more complicated...