Worth knowing the true history!-----Putin Invokes 1,000-year Russia By Clifford Thies

Putin Invokes 1,000-year Russia By Clifford Thies


"In an address to the nation during the recent failed coup attempt, Vladimir Putin referred to a 1,000-year history of Russia, and to a stabbed-in-the-back theory of WWI.

This man believes in this cartoonish mythology and has nuclear weapons.

• A short history of Russia.

In the Russia view, the 1,000 years of Russia began in 862, upon the arrival of a not particularly noteworthy chieftain in a not particularly noteworthy place.

This event was followed by a series of historical accidents and “inevitably” resulted in the emergence of a great and powerful state, namely, the Russian Empire...