OMG! Horror! Oh no! Never!

Russia's relationship with the historical legacy of the USSR is two-fold:

- if the USSR did something good, it will be claimed by Russia as something that it did
- if the USSR did something bad, it will be rejected as being something that the Soviets, not the Russians, did

In other words, we celebrate Russia's victory over the Nazis, but reject Russia's part in Stalin's atrocities.