The Black GulfHutchinson, 1946 - 124 pages |
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Page 48
... Astrakhan , where the Soviet government is firmly established . I did not hesitate long . I am leaving Shatski and the woman teacher with Ariyanz . The geologist has gone off his head . I have neither the right nor the human strength to ...
... Astrakhan , where the Soviet government is firmly established . I did not hesitate long . I am leaving Shatski and the woman teacher with Ariyanz . The geologist has gone off his head . I have neither the right nor the human strength to ...
Page 49
... Astrakhan under the very noses of Denikin's naval patrols . Denikin's men had never succeeded in capturing Barkhudarov's cargo . A patrol boat had chased Barkhudarov's steamer but the latter had sunk his ship . In the prison at Petrovsk ...
... Astrakhan under the very noses of Denikin's naval patrols . Denikin's men had never succeeded in capturing Barkhudarov's cargo . A patrol boat had chased Barkhudarov's steamer but the latter had sunk his ship . In the prison at Petrovsk ...
Page 77
... Astrakhan . The next morning I did not recognise the Caspian Sea . A broad lake of sticky grey clay stretched almost to the horizon . Round its margin sullen - looking black lighthouses and steeples without crosses stuck up straight out ...
... Astrakhan . The next morning I did not recognise the Caspian Sea . A broad lake of sticky grey clay stretched almost to the horizon . Round its margin sullen - looking black lighthouses and steeples without crosses stuck up straight out ...
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Ariyanz asked Askhabad Astrakhan baiga Baku Baril began Bek-Tash Bekmet Bolsheviks bottom Bugaz called camels Captain Caspian Sea centimetres Cheleken chemical Chikishliar coal colour Daghestan Davidov deck Denikin's desert dust Emba energy engineer expedition eyes Faireddin fire fish foam fresh water geologist glass Glauber's salt going to Kara-Bugaz grey gulf of Kara-Bugaz Guriev Guzar Hasan-Quli hundred industry island Kara Kara-Ada Karelin Katik Khiva Khorobrikh Kirghiz Krasnogorski Krasnovodsk lake looked Makach-Kala Mangishlak Menelaus miles Miller mirabilite morning Moscow mountains Murad Nachar native night nomads pails Petrovsk phosphorites prisoners Prokofiev region Remizov Russian sailing sailors sand seemed Shatski Sherebtsov shore shot shouted smell smiled smoke sodium sulphate spring stars steamer strata sulphate tabib talk tent Teriakesh thousand town Turcoman Turcoman boats turned Ural Vasiliev village water of Kara-Bugaz waves whilst whole wind winter woman workers yellow