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Russia is very big and very varied. People are different in different regions.

In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

From the country with limited hope to grow your own business and express your own personality, Russia has become the land of significant opportunity.

The revolution in Russia was terrible for the proletariat in the long years of its development and it is terrible now, after the victory. But at the actual time of revolution it was easy, and this was due to the peasants.

We must remember, too, that the Russian population of the Caucasus are to a large extent Muslims, and the areas such as Georgia which have aspirations of their own.

True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for resettlement.

The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should always be borne in mind here in Western Europe and all the world over. But the workers in Western Europe stand alone: this should never be forgotten in Russia.