[MeganC]

The perspective of this documentary from before the waves of wartime propaganda is rather refreshing and I thought it would give a decent perspective into current events and where the different players were prior to the events of two years ago.

[jmacusa]

In his book “Dr. Zhivago’’ Boris Pasternak spoke as to why the Russian people seemed to endure so much suffering, privation and ruination.

“We endure it’’, he wrote ‘’Because of our cursed capacity to endure’’. Besides having the ability to get blind drunk at the drop of a hat the Russians seem to have a positive talent for making things hard on themselves.