First Grain of Sand — Page 167
CONFRONTING SOVIET LEADERSHIP 151 Vladimir Lenin - Founder of the Russian Communist Party and first head of the Soviet Union Not being able to hear my voice clearly, one officer on my right stood up from his chair to walk closer and stood next to me, lean- ing in so his ear was closer to my mouth to hear me well. So I said to him, ‘You can sit down. You will now be able to hear my voice. He then went back to his chair and sat down. I stood up and said twice, Один Бог есть, об я знаю и очень понимаю [pronounced Odin bog yest, ob ya znayu I ochen poni-mayu], meaning, 'There is One God, I know and understand this very much. Then when I