Friday, February 22, 2019

derisively dubbed

V.I. Lenin instigated a split between his followers (the Bolsheviks) and his rival Julius Martov (derisively dubbed the Mensheviks)... - Who Can Claim Credit for the Karl Marx Monument?
ну да, это как Иван Грозный, прозванный за свою жестокость Васильевичем.

see also in Before the Deluge: Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s: "...after-hours club in the cellar where the more prosperous refugees could enjoy champagne and pickled mushrooms and violin music until dawn." - pg 84

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