Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
You do know that German officers were mostly responsible for training Russian army since Peter the Great, so it is quite normal for Russian and German military traditions to be similar.
I don't mean military parades only. Demostrations were also designed according to similar patterns.

Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
As for similarity in uniforms, that's a laugh.
Google those of pioneers and Hitlerjugend.