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the destruction of society's moral foundations began with Peter the Great: he left as a young, fair-haired youth who spoke Russian fluently, traveling through Europe for several months, and returned two years later as a 40-year-old dark-haired man who no longer spoke Russian fluently until the end of his reign, suffering from epilepsy and homosexuality. After his return, his wife was killed, and the part of the army that she had rallied against him was destroyed, along with numerous other relatives who naturally could not have failed to notice this substitution.
Военное дело просто и вполне доступно здравому уму человека. Но воевать сложно.