"People sometimes forget about their national tasks; but such peoples perish, they turn into land, into fertilizer, on which other, stronger nations grow and grow stronger." - May 5, 1908; The State Duma; P. A. Stolypin's speech about Finland. (Pyotr Stolypin)

"People sometimes forget about their national tasks; but such peoples perish, they turn into land, into fertilizer, on which other, stronger nations grow and grow stronger." - May 5, 1908; The State Duma; P. A. Stolypin's speech about Finland.

Pyotr Stolypin

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