Russia
- Stenka Razin (1671) – Quartered alive in Moscow for Cossack revolution
- Mary Hamilton (lady in waiting) (1719) – Executed for infanticide and slandering Catherine I of Russia
- Yemelyan Pugachev (1775) – Executed in Moscow for insurrection by Catherine II of Russia
- Yevgeny Rodionov (1996) – Beheaded by Chechen terrorists
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Famous quotes containing the word russia:
“In Russia there is an emigration of intelligence: émigrés cross the frontier in order to read and to write good books. But in doing so they contribute to making their fatherland, abandoned by spirit, into the gaping jaws of Asia that would like to swallow our little Europe.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia?... the America I’ve known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I’ve known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.”
—Golda Meir (1898–1978)
“... gathering news in Russia was like mining coal with a hatpin.”
—Mary Heaton Vorse (1874–1966)