Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia Quotes

• Me parecía haberme acercado por primera vez al suelo de mi país natal, y sentir por primera vez correr por mis venas la inmensidad de Rusia, su potencia, su fuerza.

  Gran Duquesa María Alejandrovna de Rusia

  Running, Country, Russia

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• Revolutions existed in history, books were written about them, and lectures given: they were complicated phenomena, scientific, remote. While here, the riot of a week ago had turned out to be a real revolution and the shadow of death actually threatened all of us who were of the ruling cast.

  Gran Duquesa María Alejandrovna de Rusia

  Real, Book, Shadow Of Death

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• But Russians, in their very nature, it seems, pass quickly from the highest enthusiam to complete dejection and distrust. They yield to their moods quite sincerely and go the whole way, entirely forgetting all moods preceding and opposite. They do not see any contradiction in such behaviour; or, if they do, they readily find excuses for it.

  Gran Duquesa María Alejandrovna de Rusia

  Yield, Russia, Opposites

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