“Russian writers enjoy almost sacred status.” — Simon Sebag Montefiore Quote

“Russian writers enjoy almost sacred status.”

“Believe it or not, some Western analysts in the 1930s insisted that Stalin was a 'moderate,' controlled by extremists like the secret police chief Nikolai Yezhov.”

“The Russian Revolution mobilized a popular passion across the world based on Marxism-Leninism, fueled by messianic zeal. It was, perhaps, after the three Abrahamic religions, the greatest millenarian rapture of human history.”