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[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They didn't turn into any kind of "good guy". They took all of eastern Europe from the Nazis and kept it for themselves, ruling it just as brutally until the dissolution of the USSR. They were entirely out for themselves and didn't do anything for justice or the good of the conquered nations.