Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with Russia and against you. We are with Morocco. We are with every nation in revolt against your capitalist civilization...
...Tichmenev, Secretary of the Bolshevik Embassy, was on hand to receive the Presidential party in the absence of Ambassador Leonid Krassin in Russia. Instead of waiting for the formal introduction and then showing the President the assembled collection of Red art, M. Tichmenev rushed him to a plush-covered table on which were four glasses of champagne...
...Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), lost to Sweden, by obstinate and unnecessary warring against the European Powers and Peter the Great of Russia, Baltic provinces stretching from Stettin to Reval, and in so doing reduced his country from the rank of a first-class power...
...Soviets have continued to invite the investment of American capital in Russia, in much the same way as the fly was invited to walk into the spider's parlor. Oil operator Sinclair went to Russia, saw?and returned again to the U. S. Others have followed suit. No one doubts the splendid natural resources of Russia, but the resourcefulness of the Soviets in commandeering foreign capital has been such that U. S. capitalists have literally become gunshy...
Either W. A. Harriman is braver, more far-sighted, more lucky or more reckless than most, for he has just concluded negotiations with the Soviets for control of the Caucasian manganese ore properties (TIME, June 22, RUSSIA). The Harriman interests have acquired a 20-year grant to operate these mines, and exclusive right to export manganese. The Soviet will receive a royalty on all ore shipped, with the annual minimum figure...