"The Soviet people are perhaps second to none when it comes to knowing what war means. In World War II we won a victor…"

"The aims and ideals of the Soviet revolution inspired the patriotic enthusiasm of millions of people in the 1930s, du…"

"…[The Soviet army] was an institution defined by systemic hazing, a practice so entrenched that it shaped the country…"

"Throughout its history, Russia has been a special case. It arrived late on the European scene—well after France and G…"

"As Gregory Carleton observes in his superb 2017 study Russia: The Story of War, war is an indispensable part of how R…"

"But the real point is that Britain and America did not invade France until 1944. As a consequence, the land war in Eu…"

"On behalf of the people of the United States, I want to express to the Red Army, on its twenty-fifth anniversary, our…"

"Comrades, it is in strenous circumstances that we are today celebrating the twenty-fourth anniversary of the October …"

"Today the position of our country is far better than it was twenty-three years ago. Our country is now much richer th…"

"Comrades, men of the Red Army and Red Navy, commanders and political instructirs, men and women guerillas, the whole …"