Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...therefore he won a momentous point last week, by securing the extension of his contract. Against him are the old, vastly rich Persian families whom he has taxed; secondly, the many politicians whose powers he has curbed through controlling their salaries; and lastly, the numerous agents of Soviet Russia in Persia who have thoroughly satisfied themselves that Dr. Millspaugh is the chief agent of a vast Anglo-U. S. conspiracy to seize the oil and opium lands of Persia. The Doctor, although thus powerfully opposed, has greatly and vastly succeeded...
Baron Wrangel. Grant that the "White Russians" and Grand Duke Nikolai want to invade Russia. . . . There still remains a question: "Where would they get the 120,000 troops postulated last week by Dictator Stalin...
...that famed Tsarist Commander Peter Nikolaievich Wrangel, Baron Wrangel claims to have a potential army numbering "40,000 White Knights" (TIME, Dec. 27), the members of which are banded together and employed in manual labor as a self-supporting colony in Jugoslavia and pledged to fight for "Holy Russia...
Significance. The facts just cited make clear that an attempt to invade Soviet Russia might be set in motion at any time by the mere fiat of Grand Duke Nikolai. At 71 he still retains the majestic presence and shrewd acumen which enabled him to carry out the masterly Russian "retreat without victory" in 1915 to new lines so well chosen that they .held against Imperial Germany for two years more...
Possibly the Grand Duke and his followers could even muster-as Dictator Stalin claims-some 120,000 armed "Whites" to invade Russia. But how large is the Red Army which would oppose them? Latest figures place the Soviet Army peace strength at 260,000 men, with 850,000 reservists constantly under training. Thus "Reds" would outnumber "Whites...