Story of a Life, Volume 5Harvill P., 1965 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 3
Page 161
... army . Most of these soldiers spoke only Georgian , with only two intelligible words : ' dokumenti ! ' and ' komendanti ! ' We wasted a lot of time arguing with these hot - tempered and zealous youths . We were only saved by the ...
... army . Most of these soldiers spoke only Georgian , with only two intelligible words : ' dokumenti ! ' and ' komendanti ! ' We wasted a lot of time arguing with these hot - tempered and zealous youths . We were only saved by the ...
Page 162
... army . I do not remember the colonel's name . For the sake of conveni- ence let us call him Kurdia . The colonel was distinguished by a powerful voice . The power of that voice served as a basis for the defence of Batum against the ...
... army . I do not remember the colonel's name . For the sake of conveni- ence let us call him Kurdia . The colonel was distinguished by a powerful voice . The power of that voice served as a basis for the defence of Batum against the ...
Page 225
... Army had its troops recruited from among the Caucasian ( and , to some extent , Central Asian ) tribes . 15 bubliks : Russian ring - shaped , rather hard rolls . 16 sazandari : Wind instruments . 17 lavash : Caucasian pastry . 18 Kala ...
... Army had its troops recruited from among the Caucasian ( and , to some extent , Central Asian ) tribes . 15 bubliks : Russian ring - shaped , rather hard rolls . 16 sazandari : Wind instruments . 17 lavash : Caucasian pastry . 18 Kala ...
Contents
A Short Explanation page | 7 |
My Thanks to a Reader | 9 |
The Tobacco Republic | 13 |
Copyright | |
27 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abkhazian artist asked Babel Bartskhana Batum beautiful became Black Sea Black Sea fleet Boarding House Caucasian Caucasus Chachba Chachikov Chernyavsky colour Dovgello dukhan earth eyes feeling fell felt feluccas flowers Frayerman garden gave Georgian girl grey hair hand happened head heart Kiev Kurd Kurdia Kyril light lighthouse liras lived looked Lucienna madjarka maize malaria Margarita Maria Marukh Mayak Menshevik Misha morning mountains Mrozovsky mushas never night Niko Nirk Ochakov Odessa painting pince-nez Pirosman poetry port portrait prison rain round rushed Russian sailors Samoylin satsivi Schmidt Sebastopol seemed Semyon Akopovich Shervashidze ships shore shouted silent singing Sinyavsky sitting sleep slowly smell smoke song Soviet Stavraki stood stopped streets suddenly Sukhum things thought Tiflis took town Tsebelda Tuapse Turkish Ulyansky verandah vodka voice walls warm whole window wine woman wrestler Yani young Zdanevich