A Twitter post shows a banner showing a new Russian Empire, including all of Central and Eastern Europe, a re-partitioned Germany, Finland, Central Asia, Mongolia and Alaska, with the caption:

We teach you to love your country.

1/ A training center in Tambov, Russia, hung a banner showing a “New Russian Empire” that included all of Central and Eastern Europe, a re-divided Germany, Finland, Central Asia, Mongolia, and Alaska, with the slogan “We will ‘Teach You to Love Home’.” ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/YBQRi9koJ2

– ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) August 14, 2023

According to the person who posted the post, the banner was installed at Training Center No. 266 in Tambov, where drivers of tractors, forklifts and trucks are trained. It depicts the former Soviet Union as well as the former Warsaw Pact countries, the former Yugoslavia, Greece, Finland, Mongolia and Alaska as part of a united Russia.

The post also notes that, according to one Telegram channel, “Russian patriots are increasingly turning to old maps.”

In May, the head of the Constitutional Court, Valery Zorkin, presented Putin with an old map, claiming that it did not include Ukraine.

More than a year of kicking him on the battlefield has not softened Vladimir Putin’s 17th-century views of the Ukrainian nation. Here he is standing with the President of the Constitutional Court, Valery Zorkin, over some maps of the French Empire. pic.twitter.com/L3JP7ZpMbs

– Kevin Rothrock May 23, 2023