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It is not, in the long run, the battles and sieges that signify, but the permanent effect on the human race of the changes they help to bring about.

John Baddeley

It is not, in the long run, the battles and sieges that signify, but the permanent effect on the human race of the changes they help to bring about.

Tags: caucasus, chechen, conquest, history, russian

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About John Baddeley

John Baddeley may refer to:

Jack Baddeley (1881–1953), born John Marcus Baddeley, Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Sir John Baddeley, 1st Baronet (1842–1926), English baronet and 593rd Lord Mayor of London
John Baddeley, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Baronets, of the Baddeley baronets
John F. Baddeley (1854–1940), British traveller, scholar and journalist, best known by his works on Russia and the Caucasus region.