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Page 143
he said and with an air of triumph showed us his colleague, who looked
embarrassed and then suddenly and almost without an accent quoted a Russian
nonsense rhyme about a priest and his dog. We were speechless with
astonishment.
he said and with an air of triumph showed us his colleague, who looked
embarrassed and then suddenly and almost without an accent quoted a Russian
nonsense rhyme about a priest and his dog. We were speechless with
astonishment.
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Pavel Nakhimov (1802-1855): Russian admiral commanding Russian naval
forces in the Sebastopol Campaign. 20. Ivan Betskoy (1704-95): educationalist.
Founder of schools for women. 21. Lev Slavin (b.1896): Jewish writer from
Odessa; ...
Pavel Nakhimov (1802-1855): Russian admiral commanding Russian naval
forces in the Sebastopol Campaign. 20. Ivan Betskoy (1704-95): educationalist.
Founder of schools for women. 21. Lev Slavin (b.1896): Jewish writer from
Odessa; ...
Page 220
Michael Kutuzov (Field-Marshal) (1745-1813): Russian commander-in-chief
during Napoleon's invasion. 57. Mikhail Nesterov (1862-1942): religious painter
who adapted to the Soviet regime. 58. Martiros Saryan (1 880-1972): Armenian ...
Michael Kutuzov (Field-Marshal) (1745-1813): Russian commander-in-chief
during Napoleon's invasion. 57. Mikhail Nesterov (1862-1942): religious painter
who adapted to the Soviet regime. 58. Martiros Saryan (1 880-1972): Armenian ...
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The Last Meeting | 13 |
3 The Fourth Strip | 29 |
4 Night Trains | 40 |
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Aigues-Mortes asked Astrakhan Babel Bagritsky Bagritsky's banks Berezniki birds Black Sea boys breath Bulgakov Caspian Sea cigarettes Colchis cold colour course dark deserted Devonian dust Elista everything eyes face Father Peter felt flowers forests Gaidar Galya garden girls grey Gudok hand happened Hecht hundred roubles Ivanov Kalmyk Kalmyk steppes Kara-Bugaz Kiev knew Konotop Kostik Krasnovodsk Lake Onega light liman literary little town lived Livny looked Lusha Maleyevka Mayakovsky Meshchery Moscow Mother never night Nodia novelist Odessa Palace of Labour passengers Petrozavodsk poems poet poetry Poti Pushkino quiet rain river Roskin round Russian Ryazan seemed short story silence sitting smell smoke snow Solikamsk Soviet Stalin steamer steppes suddenly Tarusa Taya things thought tiny took train trees turned Vaso village voice walls warm window words writer wrote young Zuzenko
Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a Life, Volume 6 Story of a Life, Story of a Life |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Translated by | Manya Harari |
| Publisher | Harvill Press, 1974 |
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