User blog comment:GunsnadGlory/Common Misconceptions of History Part 2: Great Empires/@comment-4206034-20140318191125

The Americans? There was never a war between America and Russia - and the Cold War was not a War.

The Turks, French and British all fought together for the island of today's hot controversy: Crimea. And they barely managed to win. They never got close to the Russian heartlands.

Austria-Hungary? When? They fell apart quicker than the Russians did.

The Japanese barely got any land. Korea was more of a vassal for Russia than its heartlands.

Other Russians don't count. :P

The two who lost both tried to capture the capital and major cities of Russia. And they failed. So although you can get a few shreds of land from the Bear, it is very hard to capture its heart.