Word: bolshevik
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Marquis Curzon in effigy was taken for an airing by the irate communists of Moscow; subsequently he was hanged. Bolshevik remarks were hurled not only at the static Curzon but also at the dynamic one in the London Foreign Office. Even Tehicherin, Soviet Foreign Minister, aristocrat though he is, reviled his noble colleague in no complimentary terms...
...Well,er?that would be a great honor!" said the dubious Mr. Thorne, expecting to be confronted with a Bolshevik. He was, it was noticed, much relieved to find " Red Willie " taking form in the shape of Edward. " I suppose," said Thorne, " I will get some dirty bouquets for putting my feet under the table with royalty...
...twentieth century, before the eyes of the civilized world, I appeal to the conscience of civilized nations and all honest people to condemn this persecution of a small nation and the criminals inspiring and carrying out these barbarous acts?the Bolshevik Government." This is part of a message received in Washington from Noe Jordania, described as the President of the National Government of Georgia...
...authentic history when she was conquered by Alexander the Great. After the death of the great Greek general, Georgia was ruled successively by four dynasties until 1801. The country was then annexed by Tsar Alexander I., and until 1917 formed an integral part of the Russian Empire. When the Bolshevik coup d'état took place in the same year, the Georgians, together with the Tartars and Armenians, became known under the title of the Transcaucasian Republic. Subsequently, however, Georgia was forced to form a separate State, and on May 26, 1918, her independence was proclaimed at Tiflis (her capital...
...meantime the ex-Patriarch Tikon languishes in a Moscow prison awaiting a civil trial on the charge of opposing the Bolshevik regime. The date of the trial is not yet known. A meeting of the people's commisars took place, however, and vainly tried to settle both the date of the trial and the extent of the sentence. Most of the commisars were in favor of the death sentence, but Georges Tchitcherin, Soviet Foreign Minister, protested vigorously. He argued that such a sentence would result in aggravating the boycott against Russia; he suggested that the death sentence might...