Nicholas II wasn't done after Russo-Japanese war loss, Alexander II wasn't done after Crimean War, Lenin wasn't done after Polish-Soviet war, Yeltsin wasn't done after First Chechen War... why would Putin be done? History of russia is full of counterexamples and them presenting as "we'll win or we'll nuke whole world" is a propaganda tactics and bluff.
That war started in 1853, Alexander II's reign began in 1855, obviously he wasn't done since this wasn't even a war he had started...
People need to temper their hot takes on history.
Alexander II was assasinated.
Lenin implemented the red terror to ensure his grip.
Yeltsin was forced to resign to... you guessed it; Putin.
All these may not have happened directly after the loss, but it definitely swayed public opinion against them.
Attributing Nicholas II death to 12 year earlier Russo-Japanese war and not... ongoing WW1 is weird take.
> Alexander II was assasinated.
25 years later by revolutionary socialists, not some kind of revanchist.
>Lenin implemented the red terror to ensure his grip.
Actually totally reverse, Lenin then ended it with NEP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Economic_Policy
>Yeltsin was forced to resign to... you guessed it; Putin.
"Forced" 4 years later full of disastrous policies and, most importantly for russian state, low oil prices.