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This image is dumb. Sparta at least had fighting prowess. Russia is just taking credit for what the weather is doing.
Sparta's supposed fighting prowess is built largely on propaganda, rather than actual battlefield successes. Their reputation was built during a fairly short period in the 5th century BCE, and even then covered with all sorts of caveats, "In a fair fight," "if not outnumbered," "if nothing else goes wrong," and then those caveats themselves were proven hollow in the 4th century BCE.
And a severe lack of sources too. There are entire battles that the Spartans supposedly won, that might not even have happened.
There is also this episode of the Punic wars when Spartans join Carthage and defeat Rome spectacularly