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.
俄罗斯人有时会说，在他们的国家，任何事情都不可能预测——就连过去都迷雾重重。一个时代的英雄，会被下一个时代的英雄所抹杀。一位领袖的大胆创举，会被他的继任者斥之为莽撞的计划。正如鲍里斯•帕斯捷尔纳克(Boris Pasternak)曾经写道的那样，成功和失败常常是难以分辨的。
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