MOSCOW, December 14 Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with the words of the former first chancellor of the German Empire, Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, that wars are won not by generals, but by school teachers and priests.
«Perhaps it would be inappropriate to remember Bismarck, but nevertheless, he once served in Russia, lived in Russia — although he became an outstanding German figure. He once said that wars are not won by commanders , but school teachers and priests. And this is correct. This is definitely absolutely,» Putin said, summing up the year. The big annual press conference this year is combined with a “straight line”.
Bismarck was born on April 1, 1815, from 1859 to 1862 he was Prussia's envoy to Russia.
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