"Minsk" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the Russians, like most nations when they are ably commanded, were the raw material of good soldiers. Charles came back to Russia from his Saxon campaign laden with glory, and marched on Moscow by Minsk, Mohilev, the Beresina—very much the route which Napoleon followed. At the instigation of Mazeppa he turned aside to the Ukraine, in the hope of raising the Cossacks against the Tsar. At Pultawa, ...
— Lectures on Modern history • Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
... than two hundred and fifty leagues it offered but two points where he could halt and rest, the first Smolensk, the second Minsk. He had made those towns his two great depots, where immense ...
— The Two Great Retreats of History • George Grote
... in Minsk. Here the arguments which the opponents advanced in a passionate debate at a public meeting were of a utilitarian rather ...
— History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II • S.M. Dubnow
... over Russia there were strikes, the movement had spread far beyond the bounds of St. Petersburg. General strikes took place in many of the large cities, such as Riga, Vilna, Libau, Warsaw, Lodz, Batum, Minsk, Tiflis, and many others. Conflicts between strikers and soldiers and police were common. Russia was aflame with revolution. The movement spread to the peasants in a most surprising manner. Numerous extensive and serious revolts of peasants occurred in different parts of Russia, the peasants ...
— Bolshevism - The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy • John Spargo
... Newcastle, the Earl of Rosebery, and the Lord Mayor of London, at the instance of Princess Bariatinsky, who is better known as the famous Russian actress, Madame Yavorska, is feeding between 4,000 and 7,000 refugees daily at Petrograd, Moscow, Minsk, and at several small towns close ...
— World's War Events, Vol. II • Various |
