Even right now, Russia was supposed to be the most powerful state but US stole it. The Soviet Reds are the most known powerful army in the whole world. Then US covered it. As well the Soviets agreed, or else there'll be a Nuclear Missile flying in the sky of Mother Russia.
Yes... Yes it is. He did not win in the war because he's not a Strategic Leader. He expects that He can rule the world with only 250K numbers of soldiers.