Orlando Figes Quotes
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The link between literacy and revolutions is a well-known historical phenomenon. The three great revolutions of modern European history -- the English, the French and…
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On the news that the Tsar had sent the troops icons to boost their morals, General Dragomirov quipped: 'The Japanese are beating us with machine-guns,…
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We, the workers and inhabitants of St Petersburg, of various estates, our wives, our children, and our aged, helpless parents, come to THEE, O SIRE…
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Their notion of training was to march the men up and down in parades and reviews: these were nice to look at and gave them…
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