For context, As I always do, I first consulted Wikipedia to find their meaning of “Russification” for the various other Soviet members states besides Russia; 14 republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine…
“Putsch” is a German version of the French “coup d’etat”, which is more familiar to most people. Baby Boomers and those who read World War II history (which our fathers fought in) know “putsch” from Adolf Hitler’s failed “Beer Hall…
Patrick Henry didn’t say “Give me Democracy or give me death” in that Virginia church in 1775. In 1776 Thomas Jefferson did not write that “All men are created equal and are endowed with certain inalienable rights, among these the…