Word: russianizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Grand Duke Cyril, uncrowned Tsar of Russia, cousin of the late Nicholas, received a nasty jolt when he heard that an Anglo-Russian treaty had been signed (TIME, Aug. 18, COMMONWEALTH). He was in his house at Coburg, Germany, when reporters pounced upon him and asked him what about it?" The Grand Duke, of Romanov proportions, towering above the minions of the press, said...
...Russian press recently divulged the fact that the War Lord had addressed Bolshevik students on Aug. 1, the anniversary of the date 'Germany declared war on Russia, in a noteworthy anti-American speech. The War Lord found it something of a paradox that "America, which is supported by its industries and which helped to crush Germany in order to keep out a solid competitor, emerged from it (the War) with a pacifist reputation...
...fortnight ago, when the leaders of the old and new Europe were commemorating the tenth anniversary of the outbreak of the War, one voice that was not heard was that of War Lord Leon Trotzky, Commander-in-Chief of the All-Russian Bolshevik Army...
...capital of China, between L. M. Karakhan Soviet Ambassador to China, and Kenkichi Yoshizawa, Japanese Minister to China. The Japanese evacuation of the northern part of the island of Sakhalin (TIME, July 7), was hitherto the stumbling-block in the negotiations. An early agreement, resulting in the recognition of Russian by Japan, was forecast by political observers...
...Paix?The most imposing revue of the season will be headed by Raquel Meller, Spanish girl, who is the sensation of Europe; Maurice and Hughes; the Russian Lilliputians and Crock, the great Swiss clown...