[EnderWiggin1970]

If you read the article you’ll see how things are changing such as in the 2008 reforms in Russia. Ironically, as the US is now the more authoritarian state, with extremely poor educational backgrounds among the recruits, it appears the situation is reversing.

[MuttTheHoople]

By 1945, the Red Army was a well-oiled machine from the top down. After the war, Stalin went back to his pre-war paranoia and allowed the unit cohesiveness to deteriorate.

With the exception of World War 2, Russians never fight well outside their own borders. From World War I, to Finland all the way through to Afghanistan, and now to their war with Ukraine the Russian troops performed poorly. The only reason they won any of these engagements was because of massive manpower and firepower advantage.