that's somewhat much closer to the Russians, and close to Dostoyevsky, in terms of being a holy fool.

这让我们在精神上更加接近陀思妥耶夫斯基，就像一个高尚的傻子。

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He once said that if he wasn't the czar of all the Russians, what he would want to be would be an English admiral.

他曾经说过,如果他不是俄国人的沙皇,他会做个英国的海军上将

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I'll tell you what reaction I hope I get from the Russians.

我可以事先告诉你们,我所希望得到的俄方反应。

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Witness the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905 that the Russians lose.

904至1905年,日俄战争见证了,俄国人的失败

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The best example I can think of offhand, I should let this wait, but Peter the Great, the czar of the Russians, who may or may not have beaten his son to death, at least he ordered him tortured.

我现在临时能想到的最好的例子,就是沙皇彼得大帝,本来要等会再说的,彼得大帝是否判处了自己儿子死刑 还有争论,但至少他曾下令用酷刑折磨他的儿子

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