Terry: "how large was Tsarist russia compared tothe USSR"
The USSR was smaller -- Tsarist Russia in 1914 included Finland, most of Poland, then Bessarabia
If Vladimir Putin said, “A Russia for all Russians.”, and with the USSR, how many Russians are located in those bordering areas, outside of the old Warsaw Pact nations? -- that's shown above. But the largest are in Estonia, Latvia, Kazakhstan
Dear Cronoz,
Thank you for the embellishment, of what I had perceived, and found correct.
So then, do you agree to the premise, that Mr. Putin is on the mission of enlarging Russia to a ‘what was’ state? There is only one choice, since the USSR cannot be put back together correctly, so Tsarist Russia was next.