The 20th-Century Russian Novel: Revolution, Terror, Resistance

Sofia Petrovna 82-87

Vir Shetty

pg. 82 — saboteurs

A person who engages in sabotage, typically against a government, e.g., La Resistance against the Nazi occupation of France during the Second World War. The word, along with bourgeoisie, is derived from French and a fixture in Soviet language. This shows the influence of the French Revolution on the Russian Revolution: the Bolsheviks initially used the French Revolutionary anthem i as their national anthem.

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