Russians sometimes say it is impossible to predict anything in their country – even the past. The heroes of one era are airbrushed from the next. The brave advances of one leader are denounced by his successors as hare-brained schemes. It is often difficult, as Boris Pasternak once wrote, to distinguish victories from defeats.
俄羅斯人有時會說，在他們的國家，任何事情都不可能預測——就連過去都迷霧重重。一個時代的英雄，會被下一個時代的英雄所抹殺。一位領袖的大膽創舉，會被他的繼任者斥之為莽撞的計劃。正如鮑里斯?帕斯捷爾納克(Boris Pasternak)曾經寫道的那樣，成功和失敗常常是難以分辨的。
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