Funny, invading multiple countries and making them part of your country sure sounds like it fits that definition to me.
Invading another country preventively in the wake of WW2 and the threat of Nazism =/= imperialism, I’m sorry buddy. Not defending the invasion of Estonia, but categorising it as imperialism is dumb and ahistorical.
Invading another country preventively
That’s quite the excuse. Seems to me Putin is using the same one about Ukraine right now…
Also, what did annexing Armenia prevent? How about annexing Uzbekistan?
That’s quite the excuse. Seems to me Putin is using the same one about Ukraine right now.…
Again, I’m not defending the invasion of Estonia, and obviously not that of Ukraine, the context of WW2 was clear, and the fact that the USSR didn’t invade and annex any country after WW2 kinda tells you all you need to know about the actual reasons of the expansion during WW2.
Also, what did annexing Armenia prevent?
Most likely the defeat of Armenia against Turkey in an incumbent war, and the furthering of the Armenian genocide.
How about annexing Uzbekistan?
Women in Uzbekistan before the USSR were 99%+ illiterate and were basically slaves to their husbands, and the whole country was a poor, agrarian, backwards regime. The USSR brought equality and development, healthcare, education, pensions, industrialization, and an overwhelming betterment of the living conditions of Uzbeki people by basically all accounts. Maybe that’s part of the reason why in the 1991 referendum to preserve the USSR, 95% of Uzbeki voted “yes”.
