I'll DM you the pic

right now take a good read

you'll see

right

now tell me

did the SSR's have any political power?

did the SSR's have any political independance?

Military independance?

none

at all

it was all under the control of the SU

in a normal union of countries, like yugoslavia,

every nation is on the same level when it comes to power

no nation has more power than others

this is like the 3rd reich and the reichscommissariats

they did, they were allowed to vote in internal matters themselves pertaining to it, but for other policies it was direct rule from Moscow

and in comparison to the US,

washington does not have this kind of power over other states

they used to be part of the Russian empire for centuries anyway, I like how your calling them colonies

there is no washington army

it's an american army

in the SU,

it's a russian army

with russian politicians,

obviously, the RSFSR was the largest state, so obviously it would have control over the other republics

and the russian politicians decide what goes and what not

oh now you admit it

so the states were colonies

no, these territories were part of the Russian empire for centuries

how are they even colonies?

they were official states

yeah the french colonies were french for more than a century

so they're french now

officially

your using the word "colony" in a quintessential wrong example and wrong context

@𝕡𝕦𝕘𝕤𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ducc the Russian empire existed from 1480

so centuries

not one century

no the only difference here

is that the colonies border russia

and have been colonies for this long