Not so much. It was glaringly obvious who these people were from day 1.
The idea here is not obvious to a person living in the free world: it is to prevent your "scary, and mighty" standing army shown as weak, and losing in case it got stomped.
Seeing the "tzar's army" being weak will inevitably invite a challenge to his power.
The idea here is not obvious to a person living in the free world: it is to prevent your "scary, and mighty" standing army shown as weak, and losing in case it got stomped.
Seeing the "tzar's army" being weak will inevitably invite a challenge to his power.