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Page 168
... Solikamsk , where by that time the potassium mines were already working . The mountain slopes , some steep , some gentle , sank into snow so unsullied that it seemed fresh from last night . In actual fact , however , the snow had been ...
... Solikamsk , where by that time the potassium mines were already working . The mountain slopes , some steep , some gentle , sank into snow so unsullied that it seemed fresh from last night . In actual fact , however , the snow had been ...
Page 169
... Solikamsk . I knew that the action of several of Mamin - Sibiryak's67 stories and , as far as I know , of Boris Pasternak's 68 long short story ' Lyuvers ' Childhood ' , took place there . It can probably only happen in Russia that the ...
... Solikamsk . I knew that the action of several of Mamin - Sibiryak's67 stories and , as far as I know , of Boris Pasternak's 68 long short story ' Lyuvers ' Childhood ' , took place there . It can probably only happen in Russia that the ...
Page 170
... Solikamsk . Past us rushed lonely and bright electric lamp - posts , low stone houses like chandlers ' shops , white alabaster churches , cast - iron plates hanging on low posts at street corners . The measured strokes of the night ...
... Solikamsk . Past us rushed lonely and bright electric lamp - posts , low stone houses like chandlers ' shops , white alabaster churches , cast - iron plates hanging on low posts at street corners . The measured strokes of the night ...
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Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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