We left, we can not return.
Russian troops occupied Paris. Russia became the first power in the world. Now everything seems possible. Young winners, guards officers, are sure that equality and freedom will come - here and now. For this they are ready to sacrifice everything - position, wealth, love, life ... and the country itself.
Ivan Yankovsky
Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin, second lieutenant of the Poltava Infantry Regiment
