#russia

In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#channel #channels #consisted #had #kgb

For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#dead #dog #lion #living #many

First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#current #first #literary #necessity #philosophical

I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#belong #convict #education #forever #got

Today when we say the West we are already referring to the West and to Russia. We could use the word "modernity" if we exclude Africa, and the Islamic world, and partially China. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#already #china #could #exclude #islamic

My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man, a great role model. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#action #determined #europe #even #father

If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space? ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

#railroad #russia #space #why #women

Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward. ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

#constantly #exploration #forward #great #great responsibility

It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body. ↗

— Regina Spektor

#feels #good #inside #russian #sing

Business in Russia was not being done like in the West, with contracts. In Russia, hundreds of millions of dollars were going forward and backward by word of mouth. ↗

— David Reuben

#being #being done #business #contracts #dollars