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Congratulations on Your New Geopolitical Albatross, Europe!
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They thought they could make it a black hole for Russia. Russia played the Uno Reverse Card.
They didn't underestimate Russia, they VASTLY underestimated the Soviet Union. Russia is an industrial powerhouse because it inherited Soviet Union's legacy.
Europe failed to account for the fact that since their first defeat of Tsarist Russia, a socialist revolution happened that turned the country into a powerhouse that was on the path to surpassing the US. Even though it fell, a lot of its industries, workforce due to policy, and educational institutions remained and were inherited (even if they're slowly being devoured by capitalism). Russia was never going to go down easy.
All this without factoring in China which is now the leading global super power in everything but military bases around the world
Tsarist Russia, despite its later economical backwardness, was also a power in its own right. Germany fought WW1 because it feared Russia surpassing it, just as UK fought WW1 because the very same year germany's economy surpassed the british one (not including the dominions)