Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Like a stern grey cat clawing feathers one by one from a gaudy canary Dictator Stalin of Russia has spent eleven months mercilessly divesting of his powers the once great Gregory Zinoviev, "spiritual son of Lenin," "bomb-boy of Bolshevism," arch-director of plots in every land to subvert world capitalism...
...Joseph Stalin's program for 1926 by 559 to 65, thus signalizing the eclipse of Gregory Zinoviev and his adherents who had violently opposed it. Later M. Zinoviev was dropped from the Political Bureau of the Communist Party: the dictature over which Joseph Stalin now presides, ruling all Russia. Last week M. Zinoviev molted the last feather of his prestige when he was forced to resign as President of the Third International, the Communist world bureau for subversion, espionage and odd job propaganda. Citizens of Leningrad, once M. Zinoviev's political bailiwick, signalized his utter downfall by changing...
...Upon Russia Professor Barnes fastened the guilt for the World War of 1914. Precipitating a general European conflict to serve her own political aims, she shares with France and Serbia the responsibility...
...Russia's desire for the Bosphorus was the root of all the trouble," maintained Professor Barnes. "This strait, her only outlet to the Mediterranean Sea, was owned by Turkey, and for three years Russian played fast and loose with Turkey, with her eye on the strait. Turkey saw through the device, and Russia turned to stirring up the Balkan States against the Ottomans. The Balkan War ended this plan, and the Czar saw that only in a general European War could his ambitions...
...Russian designs on Turkey were the spring of all the dissension and the events leading up to war were all of her engineering. The guilt is Russia's and France's and Serbia...