Sentences with phrase «befallen russia»

«More than half a century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.

Consider the catastrophe that has befallen Russia since 1990 under the auspices of neoliberal visionaries.)

In an environment where Jews were often blamed for many of the evils that befell Russia, Rothko's early childhood was plagued by fear.