Russia in Division |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 24
Page 27
... territory of the Soviets , I have done the next best thing- made a tour of the frontier . I found that frontier to be a remarkable vantage - ground for surveying Russia and Europe . There , in the cordon of states designed to be ...
... territory of the Soviets , I have done the next best thing- made a tour of the frontier . I found that frontier to be a remarkable vantage - ground for surveying Russia and Europe . There , in the cordon of states designed to be ...
Page 50
... territory are in a military zone . Foreigners must obtain permits from the Governor of Viborg . Russians living within the zone are rarely allowed to leave it ; few fresh Russians are allowed to come in from other parts . Although ...
... territory are in a military zone . Foreigners must obtain permits from the Governor of Viborg . Russians living within the zone are rarely allowed to leave it ; few fresh Russians are allowed to come in from other parts . Although ...
Page 53
... territory , if only it could be disposed of . With that in view I visited Terioki and Kuokkala , and walked along the Soviet line beyond Rajajoki . On the shores of the Gulf there are thousands of ruined villas . I arrived about ten one ...
... territory , if only it could be disposed of . With that in view I visited Terioki and Kuokkala , and walked along the Soviet line beyond Rajajoki . On the shores of the Gulf there are thousands of ruined villas . I arrived about ten one ...
Page 55
... territory . But I found servants of my friend . They re- membered how stout he was ; he has gone thin enough now , earning his living on a French farm ; remembered his little girl and the dog . I found the little grocer shop that ...
... territory . But I found servants of my friend . They re- membered how stout he was ; he has gone thin enough now , earning his living on a French farm ; remembered his little girl and the dog . I found the little grocer shop that ...
Page 81
... on the part of the newcomers to power in Esthonia . Esthonians would therefore naturally be in- dignant at any weakening in Europe's loyalty G towards their nation and the integrity of their territory . THE COMMUNIST RISING 81.
... on the part of the newcomers to power in Esthonia . Esthonians would therefore naturally be in- dignant at any weakening in Europe's loyalty G towards their nation and the integrity of their territory . THE COMMUNIST RISING 81.
Common terms and phrases
army asked Baltic banks Bessarabia Bolsheviks Bolshevism Bolshevists bourgeois British Bunin called capital cathedral Cetatea Alba church Communist Party delegation Dniester Dvinsk émigrés England Esthonia Europe exiles face Finland Finnish foreign France French frontier German hand Helsingfors Herriot honour International Jews Kamenef Kerensky Kovno Krassin Kresi Kuokkala Kuprin Labour land Latvia League of Nations Lenin Lettish Letts Lithuania live look MacDonald ment Merezhkovsky military Minister Moldavian monastery Moscow Narva officers old Russia organisation Paris passport peace peasantry peasants Petrograd Poland Poles Polish political possessed priest prison proletariat railway Rakovsky realise recognised Remizof Repin restaurant Reval revolution revolutionary Riga Rumanian Russian émigrés Russian language seemed Shavli sheviks soldiers Soviet Russia stone territory thought tion to-day told towns trade union treaty Trotsky Tsar Viborg villages Vilna Warsaw White White Russia writers Zinovief letter
Popular passages
Page 250 - Colonies. Armed warfare must be preceded by a struggle against the inclinations to compromise which are embedded among the majority of British workmen, against the ideas of evolution and peaceful extermination of capitalism. Only then will it be possible to count upon complete success of an armed insurrection . . . agitation-propaganda work in the Army is weak, in the Navy a very little better.
Page 251 - —these are the slogans which you must familiarise the masses with, with which you must go to work into the mass of the proletariat. These slogans will open to you the doors of comprehension of the masses, will help you to capture them and march under the banner of Communism. The military section of the British Communist Party, so far as we are aware, further suffers from a lack of specialists, the future directors of the British Red army.
Page 250 - A settlement of relations between the two countries will assist in the revolutionizing of the international and British proletariat not less than a successful rising in any of the working districts of England...
Page 250 - From your last report it is evident that agitation propaganda work in the Army is weak, in the Navy a very little better. Your explanation that the quality of the members attracted justifies the quantity is right in principle; nevertheless, it would be desirable to have cells in all the units of the troops, particularly among those quartered in the large centres of the country, and also among factories working on munitions and at military store depots.
Page 251 - ... and make a start in turning an imperialist war into a class war. Now more than ever we should be on our guard. Attempts at intervention in China show that world Imperialism is still full of vigour and is once more making endeavours to restore its shaken position and cause a new war, which as its final objective is to bring about the breakup of the Russian proletariat and the suppression of the budding world revolution, and further would lead to the enslavement of the Colonial peoples. "Danger...
Page 252 - Go attentively through the lists of the military 'cells' detailing from them the more energetic and capable men, turn attention to the more talented military specialists who have for one reason or another, left the Service and hold Socialist views. Attract them into the ranks of the Communist Party if they desire honestly to serve the proletariat and desire in the future to direct not the blind mechanical forces in the service of the bourgeoisie, but a national army. Form a directing operative head...
Page 250 - In the meanwhile, however, strain every nerve in the struggle for the ratification of the Treaty, in favour of a continuation of negotiations regarding the regulation of relations between the SSSR and England. A settlement of relations between the two countries will assist in the revolutionizing of the international and British proletariat...
Page 252 - Sir, — I have the honour to invite your attention to the enclosed copy of a letter which has been received by the Central Committee of the British Communist Party from the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, over the signature of M.
Page 251 - ... quality of the members attracted justifies the quantity is right in principle; nevertheless, it would be desirable to have cells in all the units of the troops, particularly among those quartered in the large centres of the country, and also among factories working on munitions and at military store depots. We request that the most particular attention be paid to these latter.
Page 251 - ... Communist Party, so far as we are aware, further suffers from a lack of specialists, the future directors of the British Red army. It is time you thought of forming such a group, which, together with the leaders, might be, in the event of an outbreak of active strife, the brain of the military organisation of the party. Go attentively through the lists of the military " cells ", detailing from them the more energetic and capable men.