# The Feud: In Sovet Russia, Feud Answers You! by WormTheRed (game over) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 25, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248 "2009-07-25T21:19:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/101 "2009-07-28T15:51:32Z")
Baryshnikov is the number one answer and no one says Rudolf Nureyev? I didn’t think of either (Ballet does not ping my radar) but I would thought Nureyev was more famous. I guess that is why I do so well in Feuds ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/102 "2009-07-28T15:59:03Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Baryshnikov is the number one answer and no one says Rudolf Nureyev? > > I didn’t think of either (Ballet does not ping my radar) but I would thought Nureyev was more famous. I guess that is why I do so well in Feuds I thought of Nureyev first, but I figured more people would remember Baryshinikov and MB also seemed to do more cross (low?) -cultural crossover stuff. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/103 "2009-07-28T16:25:34Z")
Plus Baryshnikov is het, adding to his appeal significantly. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/104 "2009-07-28T16:35:00Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Plus Baryshnikov is het, adding to his appeal significantly. 😉 Well, Nureyev inspired fans to chant, “We want Rudi/especially in the nudi,” which sounds like they thought he was hot stuff, too. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248/105 "2009-07-28T17:14:21Z")
madmonk28: > [@](#): > > Just curious, but do the results in any way cause you to re-think your views on WWII and how it was taught to you in America? Not really. I was not under any illusions, nor was I taught any, that the Soviets were not integral to the defeat of Germany. Little Nemo: > [@](#): > > Considering that deal was made only eight days before the war began, I think we can assume Hitler had already decided to invade Poland. The agreement was more a case of the Soviets making the best deal for themselves over a war that was going to occur anyway rather than an act which initiated that war. Perhaps, but without Soviet inactivity in the first two years of the war, Germany’s march over Europe could not possibly have succeeded so quickly and completely. If Hitler had had a little more trouble conquering Europe before foolishly breaking his pact with the USSR, maybe there would have been safer and better places from which the Allies could mount a counter-offensive than a massive invasion of a wide open French beach. garygnu: > [@](#): > > By the way, cmkeller, the Soviets kicked the Japanese Army’s ass so well in their one pre-Poland encounter that the Japanese decided not to engage them again. It also caused them to go with the strategic plan favored by the navy that ultimately put them on a collision course with the US. Clearly the Soviets won that battle rather decisively. However, all that did was keep the Japanese from attacking the USSR again, it did nothing end Japanese expansionalism and control over the southern Pacific. > [@](#): > > I still voted for the USA, but the Axis would have had a much, much easier time of it without either country. Bottom line, this is the best answer overall, though of course, it’s not one that could have been used in the Feud. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-in-sovet-russia-feud-answers-you-by-wormthered-game-over/504248.md?page=5)