:::Now that you have admitted goosestepping predates totalitarian times, you still miss the major point to learn here: [[Czar]]ist Russia adopted [[Prussian]] military training and invited in German trainers and advisors to train the Russian military in pre-[[World War I]] times cause they admired, respected and feared Prussian military force. This harkens back to a time of better [[international relations]] between Russia and Germany. | :::Now that you have admitted goosestepping predates totalitarian times, you still miss the major point to learn here: [[Czar]]ist Russia adopted [[Prussian]] military training and invited in German trainers and advisors to train the Russian military in pre-[[World War I]] times cause they admired, respected and feared Prussian military force. This harkens back to a time of better [[international relations]] between Russia and Germany. |