The language of these Soviet show trials... could only be understood in the Aesopian imagery of the closed Bolshevik universe of conspiracies of evil against good in which 'terrorism' simply signified 'any doubt about the policies or character of Stalin.' All his political opponents were per se assassins. More than two 'terrorists' was a 'conspiracy'.
The greatest privilege of childhood is to live totally in the present. - Simon Sebag-Montefiore
The greatest privilege of childhood is to live totally in the present.
- Simon Sebag-Montefiore
The Bible became the book of books, but it is not one document. It is a mystical library of interwoven texts by unknown authors who wrote and edited … - Simon Sebag-Montefiore
The Bible became the book of books, but it is not one document. It is a mystical library of interwoven texts by unknown authors who wrote and edited …
The Jews had a love-hate relationship with the Greek culture. They craved its civilization but resented its dominance. Josephus says they regarded Gr… - Simon Sebag-Montefiore
The Jews had a love-hate relationship with the Greek culture. They craved its civilization but resented its dominance. Josephus says they regarded Gr…
The language of these Soviet show trials... could only be understood in the Aesopian imagery of the closed Bolshevik universe of conspiracies of evil… - Simon Sebag-Montefiore
The language of these Soviet show trials... could only be understood in the Aesopian imagery of the closed Bolshevik universe of conspiracies of evil…
Stalin was formed by much more than a miserable childhood, just as the USSR was formed by much more than Marxist ideology. - Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Stalin was formed by much more than a miserable childhood, just as the USSR was formed by much more than Marxist ideology.
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