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"History is the science that makes a person a citizen!"
"Every now and then I hear: “Jaurès did not take into account”, “Hertzen failed”, “Tolstoy misunderstood”... As if a squad of losers were operating in history!"
"Have you ever thought about the great role of paper? We must bow to her boundless patience! You can write on it: [quoting Aleksandr Pushkin.] “The dark of night is lying on the Georgian hills,” or you can write a slander against your neighbor... You can rewrite your dissertation — to remove one name, one fact, to change the interpretation... If you have a paper, why not do it? It will endure everything! But the souls of us and our kids aren't made of paper, Kolya!.."
"Next time we'll talk about the December armed uprising, and I hope you don't burn down the school before that."
"It’s impossible to explain happiness... It’s like pinning a sunbeam to paper."
"Happiness is when you are understood."
"A person needs a state of falling in love. With someone or something. Always. All the way. Otherwise, life is not interesting."
"In general, Russia was terribly unlucky with its tsars after Peter the Great. This is my personal opinion."
"My daughter gets C grades in your discipline systematically, this is surprising and alarming, because history is not mathematics, you don’t need to be a genius."
"Vyacheslav Tikhonov - Ilya Semyonovich Melnikov — History Teacher"
"Irina Pechernikova - Natalya Sergeevna Gorelova — English Language Teacher, formerly Melnikov's student"
"Nina Menshikova - Svetlana Mikhailovna — Russian Language and Literature Teacher"
"Mikhail Zimin - Nikolai Borisovich — School Principal"
"Nadir Malishevsky - TV Show Host"
"Dalvin Shcherbakov - Borya Rudnitsky, formerly Melnikov's student"
"Olga Zhiznyeva - Melnikov's Mother"
"Lyudmila Arkharova - Nadya Ogarysheva, pupil"
"Valeriy Zubarev - Genka Shestopal, pupil"
"Olga Ostroumova - Rita Cherkasova, pupil"
"Igor Starygin - Kostya Batishchev, pupil"
"Roza Grigoryeva - Sveta Demidova, pupil"
"Yuri Chernov - Syromyatnikov, pupil"
"Lyubov Sokolova - Levikova"
"Arkadi Listarov - Vova Levikov, pupil"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.