Precisely. Also, as I pointed out earlier, any large scale destruction brought on Soviet lands would likely have strengthened the Soviet Union's willingness to fight the Allies. The Soviet Union lost over 10 million civilians in the war with Germany and that only strengthened their troops and civilians' resolve to fight on and defeat Germany.
Usage of strategic bombers against tactical targets doesn't work, it's like the massive bombardments at the Somme and Verdun, all it does is make the enemy keep his head down. Nuclear bombs on the front are even worse, as they would hurt both sides equally with fallout and radiation (Something which was not very well undestood at the time, I believe). Nukes might have been used that way, as IIRC there were plans to use nuclear bombs as tactical weapons during Operation Olympic, but I doubt it would have worked out as planned in any case.
Overall, I think you are grossly underestimating the strength of the VVS. It was quite large and capable, not larger than the combined Allied air forces, but certainly capable of supporting it's ground troops.
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