"The Kingdom of God is coming. Yes, it is coming, it will be easy for us when it comes... but until then, you will have hardships. Are you ready to meet them? In life, don't make the mistake of that Russian regiment at Elena. The Cossacks took the city from the Turks, but then turned to drinking and got drunk. A soldier reported to his commander, "The Turks are coming."
"There's nobody!"
He came a second time.
"The Turks are coming."
"There's nobody!"
A third time, the same.
When the Turks attacked, those Cossacks broke and ran. So remember, the Turk is still in the world, there are Turks living in some of you too... You need to feel strong, I want you to be strong, not to be cowardly. Because, I see, today many of you are cowardly. I call to strong men he who, when suffering comes, will say, "This suffering has its purpose. I can handle the burden." But now, when just a little suffering comes our way, I hear shouting, everyone must hear about it... you must have the character to endure"
Dunov (1924). "Endure".
"There's nobody!"
He came a second time.
"The Turks are coming."
"There's nobody!"
A third time, the same.
When the Turks attacked, those Cossacks broke and ran. So remember, the Turk is still in the world, there are Turks living in some of you too... You need to feel strong, I want you to be strong, not to be cowardly. Because, I see, today many of you are cowardly. I call to strong men he who, when suffering comes, will say, "This suffering has its purpose. I can handle the burden." But now, when just a little suffering comes our way, I hear shouting, everyone must hear about it... you must have the character to endure"
Dunov (1924). "Endure".
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Boer deaths in concentration camps (table on top, showing totals for men over 16, women over 16, children under 16 from the Boer Republics) killed at least 27,927 people. Compared to Boer wartime deaths (table below, listed as, in combat, death by disease while serving on Kommando, accidental deaths while on Kommando, and death as a Prisoner of War), 6,189.
General Manie Martz (1938). My Lewe en Strewe ("My Life and Struggle).
General Manie Martz (1938). My Lewe en Strewe ("My Life and Struggle).
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"A curious use for fire among some Indians was in giving signals. A place visible from a great distance was selected. Upon it a little fire was built with fuel which gave a dense smoke. Sometimes the signal depended upon the number of fires kindled side by side. Thus when Pima Indians returned from a war-party against Apaches, they gave smoke signals if they had been successful... Sometimes messages were given by puffs of smoke. When the fire had been kindled, a blanket was so held as to prevent the smoke rising. When a lot of smoke had been imprisoned beneath it, the blanket was suddenly raised so as to let it escape... Such signaling by smoke puffs was common among Plains tribes."
Frederick Starr (1898). American Indians.
Frederick Starr (1898). American Indians.
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The artwork by Vereshchagin depicts a vigilant Cossack standing watch. Wrapped beacons with tarred straw were posted and lit in case of danger, an important signal alerting alarm. Vereshchagin considered Cossacks the greatest men for outpost service in the Russian army. Pickets of Cossacks were stationed along the left bank of the Danube opposite Rustchuk, before Russians crossed the river. Vereshchagin recalled that "the detachment placed pickets along the Danube for a great distance. On the left bank, in Malorosh, were stationed Orloff's Don Cossacks; in the centre, stretching as far as the village of Mali-Dijos, the Kuban Cossacks, and beyond them, reaching to the village of Petroshain, the Ossetes" (Vereshchagin, 1888).
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By 1920 under Peter Krasnov, the Don Cossacks had become a formidable independent republic in the midst of the Russian revolution. Above is a Bolshevik propaganda poster aimed at the Cossacks (1920), "Cossack, your road is that of Russian Labour:
If you go to the right you'll fall into clutches of the Whites [showing a hawkish bird in White Army uniform].
If you go straight they will strip you naked [A well dressed man holds the deed "Royal debt"].
If you go to the left you will be welcomed as brothers [showing the Bolsheviks]."
Refusing to recognise the freedom of others, the Bolsheviks conquered only to institute rule by anxiety, slave farming, death camps, and gluttony for the select few. They proved that there is no upside to evil. The Saviour advised his followers in a different way, “Enter by the narrow gate, because wide is the gate leading to destruction and it's path too is wide, and many go by them; because the gates and the path leading to life are narrow, and few find them." (Matthew 7:13-14)
If you go to the right you'll fall into clutches of the Whites [showing a hawkish bird in White Army uniform].
If you go straight they will strip you naked [A well dressed man holds the deed "Royal debt"].
If you go to the left you will be welcomed as brothers [showing the Bolsheviks]."
Refusing to recognise the freedom of others, the Bolsheviks conquered only to institute rule by anxiety, slave farming, death camps, and gluttony for the select few. They proved that there is no upside to evil. The Saviour advised his followers in a different way, “Enter by the narrow gate, because wide is the gate leading to destruction and it's path too is wide, and many go by them; because the gates and the path leading to life are narrow, and few find them." (Matthew 7:13-14)
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Vasily Grigoryevich Pivovarov (1925-2013) was a Cossack born in prison, where his mother and father were shot by Bolsheviks. He was adopted by one of them. His father was a Cossack officer who led flying detachments against the Bolsheviks. Learning of his family history, he was the first from the Krivyanskaya village to join the Germans, and was distinguished in combat. By the end of the war he commanded a platoon of 60 Cossacks in Italy and Austria. During their disarmament, he kept two award pistols and two grenades. Although he initially considered using one of the grenades against the British, he was convinced not to by a fellow Cossack. Eventually, he was captured by the Bolsheviks and sentenced first to death, then to 25 years in gulag. He told them, "I did not take an oath to the Soviet government, I did not take an oath to you Communists... The White Army fought for Russia, so on the contrary, those who defended their homeland were shot, and the one who was a bitch, like Budyonny, became a general."
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"Lord Moyne, the Guinness Stout peer, after the Repulse and Prince of Wales were lost through lack of air support so urgently required, said: "The vastness of the aid we have given Russia will be known some day." And Lord Beaverbrook, with his usual complacency, stated that Britain had, in 1941, sent to Allies overseas 9721 aircraft. Most of these were undoubtedly sent to Russia. He also said: "British tanks played a very big part in the defence of Moscow. All Britain's protocol obligations, with the exception of one tank, have been fulfilled... To put the matter briefly, we must face the issue of what are the objectives of this war. The reader may well reply by asking: "Whose objectives?" Well, it is quite obvious that those who backed all the totalitarian countries with financial and material assistance, the International Jewish financiers, are rapidly stampeding the British people into accepting this war as one to establish some form of International Government."
Eric D. Butler (1942). International Commentary.
Eric D. Butler (1942). International Commentary.
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