Vladimir Nabokov. De horas y mareas
Vladimir Nabokov. TIME AND EBB
"Or how the Jewish Bolsheviks used to treat the Russian people— ai-ai-ai!" remarked Colonel Melnikov.
"Which is no more the case, is it?" asked Mrs. Hall.
"No, no," said the Colonel. "The great Russian people has waked up and my country is again a great country. We had three great leaders. We had Ivan, whom his enemies called Terrible, then we had Peter the Great, and now we have Joseph Stalin. I am a White Russian and have served in the Imperial Guards, but also I am a Russian patriot and a Russian Christian. Today, in