Unit 3 AOS 1 Russia Quotes Flashcards
‘The outside _____ should not be _______ that we have an imperfect_________, but that we have a ________ at all.’
‘The outside WORLD should not be SUPRISED that we have an imperfect GOVERNMENT, but that we have a GOVERNMENT at all.’
Sergei Witte
‘Your majesty has ___ million subjects. Of them, barely more than half ___, the rest ________.’
‘Your majesty has 130 million subjects. Of them, barely more than half LIVE, the rest VEGETATE.’
Sergei Witte
‘It was as if the greatest empire in the world…were an _______ construction without organic unity, held together by _____, all of which ________ in the person of the _________.’
‘It was as if the greatest empire in the world…were an ARTIFICIAL construction without organic unity, held together by WIRES, all of which CONVERGED in the person of the MONARCH.’
Richard Pipes
‘The Japanese are _______. The might of Holy Russia will _____them.’
‘The Japanese are INFIDELS. The might of Holy Russia will CRUSH them.’
Tsar Nicholas II
‘The war exposed the weaknesses of the ______ and Russia’s __________, compared to the modernised and ________Japan.’
‘The war exposed the weaknesses of the AUTOCRACY and Russia’s BACKWARDNESS, compared to the modernised and PROGRESSIVEJapan.’
Sally Waller
‘There is no _____ any longer. There is no _______.’
‘There is no GOD any longer. There is no TSAR.’
Father Georgiy Gapon
No revolution in the past has absorbed such a mass of _______ _______while yielding such, ________ positive results…’
No revolution in the past has absorbed such a mass of POPULAR ENERGYwhile yielding such, MINIMALpositive results…’
Leon Trotsky
‘…________ first and then, and only then, ______.’
‘…suppression first and then, and only then, reform.’
Pyotr Stolypin
‘I created the ______not to be ________ by it but to be _______ by it.’
‘I created the DUMA not to be DIRECTED by it but to be ADVISED by it.’
Tsar Nicholas II
‘The Soviet had _______ without _________…the Provisional Government ________ without _______.’
‘The Soviet had POWER without AUTHORITY…the Provisional Government AUTHORITY without POWER.’
Alexander Kerensky
‘The tsraist regime’s downfall was not _________; but its own ________ made it so.’
‘The tsraist regime’s downfall was not INEVITABLE; but its own STUPIDITY made it so.’
Orlando Figes
‘Peace! Bread! Land!’
Vladimir Lenin <3
‘All Power to the Soviets!’
Vladimir Lenin <3
‘For the sake of the _________ ______, it was necessary to restore the army’s will to ____.’
‘For the sake of the NATIONS LIFE, it was necessary to restore the army’s will to DIE.’
Alexander Kerensky
‘The October insurrection was a ____ ______…But it took place amidst a _____revolution, which was centred on the popular _________ of Soviet power.’
‘The October insurrection was a COUP D’éTAT…But it took place amidst a SOCIAL revolution, which was centred on the popular REALISATION of Soviet power.’
Orlando Figes
