The divine impeccability of the immortal [Soviet] State turned out not only to have suppressed individual human beings but also to have… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
“By the mid-nineteen-sixties, the Soviet state was no longer promising its citizens a utopian Communist future. Under Brezhnev, the state “stopped working… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One has this image of the Soviet state and the Red Army as being extremely disciplined but in the first four months… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
The Soviet State does not need either illusions or camouflage. It can claim only that world authority which is confirmed by the… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“[The Soviet State Security Service] is more than a secret police organization, more than an intelligence and counter-intelligence organization. It is an… — Allen W. Dulles Copy Share Image
“The Soviet state was, in fact, almost perfectly designed to make people unhappy. It denied its citizens not just hope, but also… — Oliver Bullough Copy Share Image
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