USAHawk785
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Russia, too, has always been the subject of colonization for Germany. Since the Goths times. However, unlike other East European nations, Russia was able to stop the onslaught Goths / Teutonic Knights / Prussians / Germans/Nazis/(European Union?)
Gothic times occurred centuries ago, and they were invited into the region by the Polish lords to quell the pagan Prussiy tribe. In payment of gratitude, the lands in present day Old Prussia were given to the Teutonic knights. And subsequent migration of germanic peoples from Saxony (northern germany) occurred into present day Old Prussia. Forays into the Russia never occurred, and the early expansion of early Prussian power was limited only due to the combined forces of Polish-Lithuanian cavalry (at the time considered one of the best in Europe). Eventually, however, we were able to break Polish dominion.
Prussians never feared Russians. Your civilization was reduced to mere ashes by Tatars and the Mongols. Kievan Rus' fall is testament to that.