Word: bashi
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...This is an act of violence," wrote the man who was last week hailed as Prophet, "by a perjured Tsar and his Government of bashi-bazouks. A mere 2,500,000 Finns cannot naturally dream of a successful revolt, but we, all of us Russian citizens, must think of the dishonor that burdens us. We are still such slaves ourselves that we can be employed to reduce other nations to slavery. We still submit to a Government that crushes us with the cruelty of the hangman and that uses Russian soldiers to destroy the liberty of others...