Russia's War Quotes

“The reconstruction of an almost entirely new army on the ruins of the collapse in 1941, one capable of holding its own against the attacker, ranks as the most remarkable achievement”
― Richard Overy, Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort, 1941-1945

“The novelist and veteran Vyacheslav Kondratyev recalled on Victory Day, 1990, that the war put a great responsibility on every soldier: 'You felt as though you alone held the fate of Russia in your hands.' After the war that heady obligation no longer mattered. 'Whether I exist,' Kondratyev continued, 'whether I do not exist, everything will flow on as usual.”
― Richard Overy, Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort, 1941-1945