Civil war Quote by Robert Gerwarth

“Conspiracy theories explaining the Bolshevik victory gained widespread credence: the most popular of these was that of international Jewish conspiracy, since Trotsky, Zinoviev, and…

— Sheila Fitzpatrick

The drafters of the [Refugee Convention ] had the Cold War in mind and mainly sought to protect a few thousand dissidents from the…

— Kofi Annan

“In Russia, war will never be popular with the profound masses of people. Revolutionary ideas are more in their taste than a victory over…

— Nikolai Maklakov

The war against Russia is an important chapter in the German nation's struggle for existence. [...] The objective of this battle must be the…

— Franz Halder

The argument, now, is about whether Bolshevik Russia was 'better' than Nazi Germany. In the days when the New Left dawned, the argument was…

— Martin Amis

The Russians as a people had no point of conflict with the Germans; the conflict came from their respective imperialistic policies. When the Russian…

— Sun Yat-sen

“Refugees are not a monolith. Each journey is unique. Some arrive with dreams and aspirations; others carry the heavy burdens of trauma they long…

— Hagir Elsheikh

“More riveting to me in the end than the politics of Berlin was the vast social experiment its division had become... it was possible…

— Krista Tippett

“The hardships of the Civil War were forgotten. But we will never forget that each of us was motivated by the firm belief in…

— Georgy Zhukov

The Communists claim that they liberated the Russian people. Yet, when the Great Patriotic War began, these same Russians greeted their foreign invaders with…

— Viktor Suvorov

“About immigrants from Russia: Soviet consciousness overlapped with the new American spirits has formed a specific and divisive culture. This culture is full of…

— Leo Pevsner

My 40 years in the foreign service and the careers of many of my friends became associated with the fall of the Soviet Empire…

— Daniel Fried