Strength
| End of 1917 | 20,000 men estimate |
|---|---|
| When the civil war started | 30,000 men |
| Middle of conflict, (Peak) | 90,000+ men |
| In 1920 | Thousands, though all in Russia(Mostly Karelia/St.Petersburg), see Heimosodat |
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Famous quotes containing the word strength:
“For my people lending their strength to the years: to the gone
years and the now years and the maybe years, washing ironing cooking scrubbing sewing mending hoeing plowing digging planting pruning patching dragging along never gaining never reaping never knowing and never understanding;”
—Margaret Abigail Walker (b. 1915)
“Curse of the orchard,
Blemish on the land’s fair countenance,
I have grown strong for strength denied, for struggle
In hostile woods. I keep alive by being the troublesome,
Indestructible
Stinkweed of truth.”
—Naomi Long Madgett (b. 1923)
“Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it.”
—Epictetus (c. 50–120)