Autocracy Quote by Simon Sebag Montefiore

“A familiar image of a grim, frozen Russia is the babushka, the old woman, hunched and determined, head wrapped in a scarf. Her gnarled…

— Lev Golinkin

Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales.

— Anonymous

I really wanted to go Russia. I'm really interested in Russian history, so I'd like to go and put a face to what I've…

— Mia Goth

“One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn”

— Manager Lee Vyborny

“It was clear to anyone who encountered the tsar and his daughters in the Alexander Park how much pride he had in his girls.…

— Helen Rappaport

There are a lot of things about Russian culture, art, music, photography and literature that I'm love with.

— Jamie Hince

When I am teaching, I first give out Tolstoy's 'Childhood,' his first published book. It is so transparent. It gives you exactly what it…

— Claire Messud

What's happening in Russia is devoid of autobiographical interest for me. Maybe it's egocentric. Whatever it is, feel free to use it.

— Joseph Brodsky

That is almost the whole of Russian literature: the phenomenal coruscations of the souls of quite commonplace people.

— D. H. Lawrence

I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were…

— Gary Shteyngart

“I Want To Marry A Russian Solider And Have Twenty Children”

— Maria Romanov

Pavel Palazchenko has given us a well-written, inside account of Gorbachev's and Shevardnadze's diplomacy. Remarkably objective, it is full of insights, makes fascinating reading,…

— Jack F. Matlock, Jr