“On the news that the Tsar had sent the troops icons to boost their morals, General Dragomirov quipped: 'The Japanese are beating us with machine-guns, but never mind: we'll beat them with icons.”
Orlando Figes
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924
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