Rich Russians

What Dostoyevsky said in his novelle The Gambler is true 145 years on in the face of fires and smog in Moscow: whoever can afford it, leaves the Mega City: "Because all Russians who have grown rich go to Paris, [...]." (Chapter XV).

Quotation from "The Gambler"

Fyodor Dostoyevsky writes in his story The Gambler (1866): "He (Mr Astley) also says that we Russians know nothing, can do nothing, without European help." (Chapter XV)

Quotation from "The Gambler" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1866)

“All women are like that. Even the proudest of them become abject slaves where marriage is concerned.”  (Chapter VIII)  Source Image: www.ruslania.com