mujik
Britishnoun
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But this strategy of massed-force-cum-surprise had two flaws: it overestimated the value of the tank-plane team; it underestimated the value of the grey, sturdy, patient Russian mujik as a military weapon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet this mujik was now a first-rate soldier.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he tried to walk he was seized with such faintness that, without the assistance of the mujik, he would have fallen; but the fresh air quickly revived him.
From Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar by Verne, Jules
"Oh! merely a simple mujik whose prayers carry right to Heaven," was His Majesty's answer.
From The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia by Le Queux, William
We both learned, by observing him, that an ignorant mujik, like an egotistical Minister, if granted the semblance of authority for any length of time, will demoralize the finest organization in the world….
From Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated by Smythe, James P.
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