“Muscovites see clearly but write muddily; the eye grasps but the fingers splay.” — Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Copy Share Image
St. Petersburg is a gem of world culture and Russia's most European city. — Valentina Matviyenko Copy Share Image
I'm not a bad boy now I'm living in Russia. London was great but there were too many distractions. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
There is a very strong theatre-going tradition in Moscow. It has stayed strong. — Dasha Zhukova Copy Share Image
The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
My name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five Year Plan Sputnik Tractor Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. Me Dad… — Alexei Sayle Copy Share Image
Moscow was, as some said, the most beautiful mistress a man could ever want, but never cross her: like any good woman,… — Marjorie M. Liu Copy Share Image
When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in… — Yuri Gagarin Copy Share Image
Cooking is like fashion. Always, I like to try to change. If I'm traveling in a different country - to Australia, the… — Nobu Matsuhisa Copy Share Image
Moscow has changed. I was here in 1982, during the Brezhnev twilight, and things are better now. For instance, they've got litter.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
St. Petersburg, under the czars, had been a grand city. It was a planned city, and it had - there were all… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
I'd been to Saint Petersburg before, but there's been a change in people's minds. Maybe it's a fashionable thing, but people have… — Manolo Blahnik Copy Share Image
There is a long dishonourable tradition of western intellectuals who have been duped by Moscow. The list includes Bernard Shaw, the Webbs,… — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
My experience is that if the military didn't want to use force and was confronted with a president that did, the military… — George P. Shultz Copy Share Image
In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when Stalin put out his decree on 'formalism.' There was a bulletin… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying… — Frank Gaffney Copy Share Image
I will say that the lead cosmonaut trainer - I mean, we were working with professional cosmonaut trainers outside of Moscow. And… — Damian Kulash Copy Share Image
There are definitely many adventures on the road with Jessica 6. It sometimes feels like we're in a movie. I was recently… — Nomi Ruiz Copy Share Image
I believe in miracles. At the age of 13, I was on holiday in Moscow with my mother. It was the only… — Olga Kurylenko Copy Share Image
Anything that is missing in the implementation of the Minsk Agreement is - without any exception - up to the Kiev central… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm from a very small village in the middle of nowhere, four hours by airplane from Moscow. Yemanzhelinsk - you wouldn't find… — Irina Shayk Copy Share Image
I was told Moscow was the tough place and St Petersburg was the hip, happening, cultural centre of Russia. I've never seen… — Rob Beckett Copy Share Image
I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded… — Earl Browder Copy Share Image
The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The Communist leaders in Moscow, Peking and Hanoi must fully understand that the United States considers the freedom of South Viet Nam… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
I studied Russian history at school, and I absolutely loved St Petersburg. It was magnificent - the architecture is incredible and has… — Tony Hadley Copy Share Image
White as a winding sheet, Masks blowing down the street: Moscow, Paris London, Vienna - all are undone. The drums of death… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Aline and I have travelled a very long, very hard road together, from our working class homes in rural Quebec to the… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
Napoleon didn't take Moscow, the Nazis got within 21 miles in 1943, but in a war of a different kind, Team Canada conquered Moscow. — Dick Beddoes Copy Share Image
Moscow is the city where if Marilyn Monroe should walk down the street with nothing on but shoes, people would stare at… — John Gunther Copy Share Image
Moscow seethes and bubbles and gasps for air. It's always thirsting for something new, the newest events, the latest sensation. Everyone wants… — Svetlana Alliluyeva Copy Share Image
You must go deeper into Russia - 150 kilometres from Moscow or more, and look there. The kids are fed with cattle… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Moscow has an energy. Which is important. The city and the people all have an energy. It's quite different from what everybody… — Timur Bekmambetov Copy Share Image
The day General Soleimani flew back from Moscow to Iran was the day we believed that Russia used cyber warfare against the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
In Georgia, people had already understood that communism couldn't survive, and I came to the institute in Moscow, and people still believed… — Bidzina Ivanishvili Copy Share Image
In the Soviet Union, for instance, the pressure on the chess stars was immense. When Boris Spassky came home after losing that… — Liz Garbus Copy Share Image
My mother gave up everything for me. In Yekaterinburg, she had a job and an apartment in the centre of the city… — Julia Lipnitskaya Copy Share Image