Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...More important still is the fact that the Soviet Government cannot now obtain on their own terms the big loan that it hoped to raise in London. The British Government let it be known that there could be no thought of a Government guarantee for any loan made to Russia. This means that the Bolsheviki in London will have to negotiate direct with British bankers who, according to recent statements, will not lend Russia a penny until private British investors' claims have been satisfactorily settled. This, in turn, means that the Moscow Government must modify its financial and legal...
...recognition of Russia being at present out of the question, London is the only place in the world where Russia can obtain the large credits requisite to her reconstruction. The situation was therefore one of extreme seriousness for the Bolsheviki and it was probably because of the gravity of the present stage of negotiations that Maxim Litvinov, Assistant Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, scurried from Moscow across the face of Europe to the British Metropolis. The Times, displaying an attitude entirely in keeping with that of the greater part of the British press, printed a letter from one Athelstan Riley, Seigneur...
...long the debate continued. Fraulein Ruth Fischer, Communist, called the Reichstag "a masquerade of capitalistic dictatorship" and asserted that "only in Russia are the interests of the laboring classes honestly represented." Herr Graefe, Freedom Party (extreme Monarchists), said his party favored "passive resistance [to France] even if it leads to leaving Berlin in ashes. But," he continued, turning to the Moderates and Communists, "if you want blood you may have it!" General Ludendorff was seen to nod assent. Herr Graefe then referred admiringly to the General and the Communists roared: "Throw...
...Russia has passed out of existence. Such appears to be the case from the notice issued by the Russian postal authorities saying that the official name of the country is the "Union of Socialist Soviet Republics", which is to be abbreviated to "Ussr". They recommend that mall for Russia be so addressed...
...this case of "Russia" is only one of many that--through changes of name that reflect political changes--illustrate the great readjustment this decade has caused in the world. Russia becomes the USSR, St. Petersburg becomes Petrograd, and Petrograd becomes Leningrad. Czecho-Slovakia achieves unity and statehood. The Slavs of southern Europe get together, and Jugoslavia is a new reality with the high title of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Thus the old order changeth...