The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Nobody thought the Soviet Union would collapse; it was a shock for everyone. — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
Although I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In those years, it was easier to win the Soviet Championship than a game against 'Iron Tigran'. — Lev Polugaevsky Copy Share Image
Life under the Soviet system was often funny, absurd really, especially for children. — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share Image
That the existence of the Soviet Union has an international revolutionary significance is a commonplace equally recognized by friends and foes. — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
We know that the governments in most of the successor states formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union are replaced through… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The only law we broke was the Brezhnev doctrine that once a country is in the Soviet bloc it cannot be overthrown. — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
In the event of a victory over Germany by Soviet Russia and England, Bolshevism in Europe would inevitably follow. Under these circumstances… — Pierre Laval Copy Share Image
If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and… — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union is like the Cross without Christ, while American culture is like Christ without the Cross. — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
We are, always, reminded of the old saw: What would happen if the Soviet Union took over the Sahara Desert? Answer: Nothing… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Although Perm is one of the biggest cities in Russia it felt like a different kind of Russia. In Moscow, you have… — Robin Lopez Copy Share Image
Since 9/11 the United States has been followed by countries with bad records, such as the former Soviet Union countries, into erosions… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
I'm worried that too many people, both in politics and out, don't appreciate the seriousness of the threat to American security and… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
When the United States worked to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War, we went to enormous lengths to get as… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
When I turn on the TV in Russia I see a general calmly claiming that our missiles are ahead of the latest… — Vladimir Sorokin Copy Share Image
In my view, [Vladimir] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
When the Soviet Union walked out of arms control negotiations, and refused even to discuss the issues, the San Francisco Democrats didn't… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
All this [Soviet labor camp for political prisoners] brings about one marked change in your physical appearance; by the end of your… — Irina Ratushinskaya Copy Share Image
John Kerry and the other Democratic leaders are on the wrong side of history, as they were during the Reagan presidency. If… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
One of the things that's amazing about reading the private writing of these folks is that they enthusiastically describe things which we… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
Remind me: who was the greater mass murderer, Stalin or Hitler? Well, Stalin is thought to have been responsible for about 50… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
The Kennedy Administration's public pronouncements on the matter suggested that the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Castro's Cuba would represent an… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The list of American grievances is long: Pakistan developed nuclear weapons while promising the United States that it would not; the United… — Husain Haqqani Copy Share Image
Dictatorship nations are outlaws. Any free nation had the right to invade Nazi Germany and, today, has the right to invade Soviet… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
What happened to the Soviet Union happened mainly for domestic reasons. It was a failure of the model based on a command… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
I am a Soviet man, and Yeltsin is a Soviet man - maybe our grandchildren will be different. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We should learn to tolerate nuclear weapons of North Korea just like we did the Soviet Union. — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
I decided to go into politics because of our Soviet-style government. — Bidzina Ivanishvili Copy Share Image
“I hated life in the Soviet Union. You had to pretend something you didn't feel.” — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
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