Word: russianize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their way to Geneva, the Russian delegation, headed by the garrulous Maxim Litvinoff, stopped off in Berlin to confer with the German delegation while the latter were figuratively packing their suitcases The reason for this rendezvous is pretty well known in European diplomatic circles. It is the intention of these nations to pour coals of fire upon their late and present enemies by being the outstanding espousers of world disarmament at the conference to come. Says M. Litvinoff: "Only 12.7 percent of the Russian budget goes for military enterprises, where-as the other powers, except Germany, spend between 20 percent...
...Italian offices to answer is. For whatever recriminations pass between diplomats, the feeling of the people of the world seems to be for peace, with disarmament as the first step toward world security. Mean-while the British and Italian foreign offices tell their people through the press that the Russians always spoil every conference anyway, just as soon as it gets nicely going, and so the people must not expect too much of the conference at Geneva. France has also taken steps to keep her people from the conviction that she herself is the militaristic nation and the German...
Married. Princess Victoria zu Schaumburg-Lippe, 61, sister of the onetime Kaiser of Germany, widow of the late (1916) Prince Adolphus zu Schaumburg-Lippe; to Alexander Zubkov, 27, onetime Russian refugee and onetime dishwasher, professional dancer, cinema "extra...
Besides his achievements along these lines, Peter was the true founder of the Russian Empire that endured in solitary state for two centuries, and only fell in the overthrow of Nicholas in 1915. His war with Sweden that gave him, after the Battle of Pultowa, the hegemony of Northern Europe, was one of the greatest military campaigns of history, and the edifice which Peter founded was a lasting tribute to the genius and leadership...
...latest of the long list of nations that have resented the new idea in Schrecklichkeit is Turkey. The progress of the Turkish Communist Party, financed by Russian funds, is claimed by the Soviet Foreign Minister Tchitcherin to be more remarkable than that of Russia itself. The Soviet hand has shown itself in the big commercial centers of South America, and France has one of the largest proportions of Communist-minded people in the world. Germany has a similar problem and China has already seen her coolies read and run--amuck. The newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst are running...