Word: derzhavin
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...eight centuries ago," wrote Correspondent Marx, "Sviataslaff, the yet Pagan Grand Duke of Russia, declared in an assembly of his Boyards [noblemen] that 'not only Bulgaria, but the Greek Empire in Europe, together with Bohemia and Hungary, ought to undergo the rule of Russia.' " Marx also quoted Derzhavin, poet laureate to Russian Empress Catherine II (1729-96): "Of what use are allies to thee, O Russian? Stride forth, and thine is the whole world...
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