I love all those Historians in this thread that come up with singular events during that era and then totally ignore the Larger picture.
This. Remember when X executed Y during [Insert Date here]?
I believe that even today Russians, as they should, take great pride in the achievement of driving back a foreign invader. If they feel offended that is their opinion. No point in trying to bring up individual events to try and detract from the idea that a nation is proud of defending itself.
I like to think that those on the forum are educated enough to find sources of information individually, and do their own research into certain eras and events. Although from looking at the majority of comments on MetaCritic, that doesn't seem to be the case.