May be the equipments used by the Georgia was not known to the Russians .Already by that time Russians were week by napoleon invasion
Adults tend to abandoned there past because it comes from fear or they have been traumatized. It pushing others away to avoid rejection its an inability to trust others
The red blanket is the answer of this question.
It's technically false that the fall of the Berlin Wall symbolized the end of communism since communism still exists, but it did mark the end of communism in Germany.