Can you guess the logic of Russian leaders?
Can you guess the logic of Russian leaders?
Check yourself and complete the sentences below
Check yourself and complete the sentences below
Prince Vladimir, one of the founders of the Ancient Russian state who led a rather frivolous life when he was young, said this: “There is festivity of … in Rus’, and we cannot live without it.”
Peter I, a reformer who was not so fond of hereditary Russian nobility, decreed: “Noblemen in the Council should talk without notes that each person’s … be visible.”
Peter I waged wars throughout most of his reign, which were obviously a huge burden for the country. Hence, he came up with this maxima: “… is the artery of war.”
Having defeated Napoleon and upon being greeted by the Parisians, Russian emperor Alexander I told the French: “I would have come to you sooner, but I had been delayed by the… of your soldiers.”
Another Russian reformer Alexander II used to say this: “It is not hard to govern Russia, but it is completely…”
According to Vladimir Lenin, “Out of all the forms of art the most important for us is…”
Joseph Stalin once contended that: “Healthy … is a good basis for work in cooperation.”
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, confronted by the slowing down of the GDP growth rate, argued that
“The economy should be…”
The last Soviet reformer Mikhail Gorbachev was certain that: “The U.S. needs their own…”