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Richard Nixon: “Here was a man who was in Moscow at the time that Napoleon's armies came through Russia and finally were turned back not…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 1971
Here was a man who was in Moscow at the time that Napoleon's armies came through Russia and finally were turned back not so much by the Russian armies, but by the weather.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks on Accepting the Adams Portraits for the White House Collection.

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