Russian Imperial Guard
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Oct 12, 2026
Victor SebestyenGUEST
They hated the war as much as the population did, obviously.
Dan SnowHOST
And they'd just been put into the meat grinder in, in various offensives, um, which had sort of wiped out the, the old elite of this Russian Imperial Guard, who had been the sort of backstop of the Romanovs, as you say, for centuries.
Dan SnowHOST
So you've got...
Dan SnowHOST
They're just- The, the army's just, it's just very unreliable.
Victor SebestyenGUEST
They hated the war as much as the population did, obviously.
Dan SnowHOST
And they'd just been put into the meat grinder in various offensives which had sort of wiped out the old elite of this Russian Imperial Guard, who had been the sort of backstop of the Roman officers, say, for centuries.
Dan SnowHOST
So you've got, the army is just very unreliable.
Dan SnowHOST
It's not the same army that it once was, yeah.