I found it interesting because of the cultural divide. Russians and other Eastern Europeans are always anxious to explain history when discussing any conflict in their backyard. The successions of conflicts, peace treaties, and movements usually come into those discussions about why the aforementioned resulted in some modern conflict.
Most of Western Europe and North America avoid such historical preludes because it’s all assumed water under the bridge.
And it’s almost idiosyncratic how Putin likes to explain histories. It seems that any major speech of his that deals with national or international conflict begins with a long prelude about historical precedent.
Russia has an inferiority complex that goes back hundreds of years.