Word: rykov
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...months Lenin has ceased to be of any political consequence. Kaminev, weak and moderate, has been installed in the shoes of the great one; but these shoes are so big and strong that Kaminev has to go where they take him. The men who are really ruling Russia (Rykov, Zinovien, Stalin and their friends), ceased some time ago to fear Lenin and have directed their policies through such figureheads as Kaminev, Tchitcherin and Kalinin...
...reflects the image of one leader. Future generations will talk of the founders of the new Russia; not merely of Lenin and Trotsky, but also of Kalinin, king of peasants; of Lenin's five subordinates, who as his adoring disciples worked with him for 20 years; of Rykov, the most popular man in Russia; of Alexandra Kallontai, only woman member of the Cabinet; of Father Tikon, "clinging to the splendor of gold and jewels"; of Lunacharsky, who reëstablished art and education " out of nothing"; of Tchitcherin. Brief notes and excerpts: Of Anatol Vassilievitch Lunacharsky, Minister of Education...