By this time in their history the Russians were so used to being abused by their own government they knew no other way of life. They knew very little about life in the West and Stalin made sure they didn't learn any better.
To be fair, however, the Russians had seen what a German occupation looks like and of course they will hold in high regard the government that organized the defeat of what at one time was the best army on the planet.
To be fair, however, the Russians had seen what a German occupation looks like and of course they will hold in high regard the government that organized the defeat of what at one time was the best army on the planet. Yes, that's true. They didn't have the data they would have needed to reason past, "Stalin got us through this war," to "Stalin got us into this war."