This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...Why did the Bolsheviki arrest you and have you imprisoned in the Fortress? Kulikov: This is a misunderstanding. I: Smolny made an official statement about your arrest and announced your coming trial. Kulikov: This is again a misunderstanding. I: How a misunderstanding? Kulikov: Quite so, for I am not only an honest ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...Why did the Bolsheviki arrest you and have you imprisoned in the Fortress? Kulikov: This is a misunderstanding. I: Smolny made an official statement about your arrest and announced your coming trial. Kulikov: This is again a misunderstanding. I: How a misunderstanding? Kulikov: Quite so, for I am not only an honest Bolshevik but an educated man who knows what he is doing. I: I shall never believe that you and Baskov are not guilty until you give me proof to the contrary and explain to me how everything happened. Kulikov: Baskov is a simple, uneducated Red Guard who cannot read or write but I am an educated citizen who has read every book printed in this country. I: Plenty of murderers have been educated men. Kulikov: But not in a revolution. Besides I am a patriot, devoted to my country. I: I do not understand what you mean. Kulikov: It is simple to understand. I: Why don't you explain it better. Kulikov: Well, I fought the whole war and desired to serve my country. I have done more: I volunteered to take service in one of the most successful raiding parties in the rear of the enemy. We crossed the Carpathians and terrorized the Hungarians and on the Riga front we raiders burst into the staff of a German division in reserve and strangled six officers and brought the general and a colonel home alive. I: I heard about the famous Leontev and his raiders. His men were gallant and brave soldiers as long as you were one of them. It astonished me still more to see you become a murderer. Kulikov: I am not a murderer, but one who believes that Bolshevism is striving for the good of the oppressed soldier and I took service in the Red Army because I felt that I could be useful in drilling the citizens and making them into good soldiers. I: All this has nothing to do w...
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Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall The spine is broken along the inside cover. The cover has some scuffing along the side edges and some tears in the cloth over the top edge of the spine.
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