Here the Soviets by the early 1940s successfully managed to deter an all - out war with Japan and to steer the destruction of the conflict away from Russia 's borders , thus avoiding a two - front war .
Soviet Russia also contended directly with Japan .
Here the Soviet Russia by the early 1940s successfully managed to deter an all - out war with Japan and to steer the destruction of the conflict away from Russia 's borders , thus avoiding a two - front war .
Soviet Russia also contended directly with Japan .