Suzanne Massie their jointly written book, "Journey." "Journey" followed her husband's 1967 book, "Nicholas and Alexandra," a biography of the last Emperor and Empress of Russia whose son also was born with hemophilia. Massie subsequently married Seymour Papert. Reagan first became interested in Massie when he read her book "Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia." She eventually visited the White House where she became an informal messenger between the President and Mikhail Gorbachev and his administration. She also asked Reagan to learn the now famous Russian phrase ""Doveryai, no proveryai,"" which translates as "Trust, but verify." Her importance in
Maxim gun with Vickers in 1902 to manufacture the design in Russia, although manufacturing did not start until 1910. During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1906, the Russian Army employed the Maxim in combat and placed a rush order for another 450 units from overseas suppliers, which were mostly delivered to front-line troops before the end of the war. By World War I, many armies had moved on to improved machine guns. The British Vickers machine gun was an improved and redesigned Maxim, introduced into the British Army in 1912 and remaining in service until 1968. Production took place at Erith in Kent,