its important to understand

Consenting to standing under (understanding) the suggested information by others is what gives control to those suggesting it.

Did these people ever lose control over Russia?

Is any so called nation controlled by its people or do they all have representative government aka the suggested choices of the few controlling (govern) the mind (ment) of the ignorant many? NATION; noun - "a people"....not a suggested brand for a place; where people are held like cattle.