Russia still existed, that's why there was a Russian Nationalist movement in the 90's. The Russians were ruled by predominantly ethnic Rus Communists, and in the Soviet Union, Russia was the most influential state.
The National Socialists never cared about the Czar. His death, and the death of Russians was never a major issue to either the National Socialists, nor the Social Democratic Party of Germany, nor the Kaiser or German Military during WW1.
The first thing the Germans cared about was the Realpolitik issue of an industrial Russia bowling over Europe until it reached the English channel. This has always been a major concern.
The secondary concern was Bolshevik revolution in Germany exported from the Soviet Union. However, negotiations with Stalin proved that so long as Stalin was in charge, that was never going to happen. It was true because Stalin understood his place as unifying and solidifying the Communist revolution in the Soviet Union first, as Lenin had dictated. This is why he had Trotsky killed, the USSR couldn't afford another war after the rebuff of the Red Army from the Battle of The Vistula. This is why the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact was signed. Germany had been funding the USSR for years under Hitler, and it was apparent to Stalin that Hitler was a good ally, that could be trusted, and was not interested in starting a war with Russia (he was wrong). Hitler, from his position, felt that Socialist Autarkey in Germany could only be accomplished with oil from Romania and the caucuses, and Germany's economic recovery under the Hunger Chancellor was being undone by their own policies. Germany needed the oil to be self-sufficient and the Soviets were standing in the way. Beyond that, once Stalin lost power, there was a concern that the Capitalist west may further push the Soviets to invade.
Hitler didn't want a Bolshevik revolution in Germany, but that's why he welcomed them into the fold. He recruited Communists and Socialists. This is why so few Socialists and Communists in Germany were actually executed. They were even sent to prisons that would later become death camps, but instead were where he basically tried to brainwash them into National Socialist ideology. His problem was not with Bolsheviks by themselves, but because he believed that the Bolsheviks were Useful Idiots to Capitalists.
Russia still existed, that's why there was a Russian Nationalist movement in the 90's. The Russians were ruled by predominantly ethnic Rus Communists, and in the Soviet Union, Russia was the most influential state.
The National Socialists never cared about the Czar. His death, and the death of Russians was never a major issue to either the National Socialists, nor the Social Democratic Party of Germany, nor the Kaiser or German Military during WW1.
The first thing the Germans cared about was the Realpolitik issue of an industrial Russia bowling over Europe until it reached the English channel. This has always been a major concern.
The secondary concern was Bolshevik revolution in Germany exported from the Soviet Union. However, negotiations with Stalin proved that so long as Stalin was in charge, that was never going to happen. It was true because Stalin understood his place as unifying and solidifying the Communist revolution in the Soviet Union first, as Lenin had dictated. This is why he had Trotsky killed, the USSR couldn't afford another war after the rebuff of the Red Army from the Battle of The Vistula. This is why the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact was signed. Germany had been funding the USSR for years under Hitler, and it was apparent to Stalin that Hitler was a good ally, that could be trusted, and was not interested in starting a war with Russia (he was wrong). Hitler, from his position, felt that Socialist Autarkey in Germany could only be accomplished with oil from Romania and the caucuses, and Germany's economic recovery under the Hunger Chancellor was being undone by their own policies. Germany needed the oil to be self-sufficient and the Soviets were standing in the way. Beyond that, once Stalin lost power, there was a concern that the Capitalist west may further push the Soviets to invade.
Hitler didn't want a Bolshevik revolution in Germany, but that's why he welcomed them into the fold. He recruited Communists and Socialists. This is why so few Socialists and Communists in Germany were actually executed. They were even sent to prisons that would later become death camps, but instead were where he basically tried to brainwash them into National Socialist ideology. His problem was not with Bolsheviks by themselves, but because he believed that the Bolsheviks were Useful Idiots to Capitalists.