#russian

The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

#failure #proletariat #republic #russian #socialist

The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#fear #feared #ike #me #russians

If the English want a king, it is their business. If the Russians want communism, it is their business. If the Americans want our form of government, it is our business. ↗

— Julius Rosenberg

#communism #english #form #government #king

Think of war as a game of Russian roulette. It is a game of chance with your life as the grand prize. ↗

— Ramman Kenoun

#game #grand #life #prize #roulette

We must remember, too, that the Russian population of the Caucasus are to a large extent Muslims, and the areas such as Georgia which have aspirations of their own. ↗

— Aly Khan

#aspirations #extent #georgia #large #large extent

Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#feared #had #just #languages #manage

We then came to the Soviet Union. One day we were walking and carrying our banner and distributing a few leaflets in Russian to people, and we met two women on the road. ↗

— Satish Kumar

#came #carrying #day #distributing #few

I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#communicate #companion #concentrate #could #english

My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again! ↗

— Mathias Rust

#again #angry #been #condition #good

The Russian drama began at the end of 1991, when the Soviet Union mercifully ended. Russia and 14 other new countries emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union. Every one of those 15 new states faced a profound historical, economic, financial, social and political challenge. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#challenge #countries #drama #economic #emerged