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immediately mown down by machine-gun fire from Nikitsky Gate. Sitting in the
lodge, we talked over the events of the past few days and were amazed by our
own stupidity. The fighting had taken us all by surprise. Yet we knew about the
rising ...
immediately mown down by machine-gun fire from Nikitsky Gate. Sitting in the
lodge, we talked over the events of the past few days and were amazed by our
own stupidity. The fighting had taken us all by surprise. Yet we knew about the
rising ...
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Konstantin Paustovsky. green, or blue. Muffled explosions boomed in the
basement and very soon the whole building caved in. The fire gradually died
down, but pungent, rainbow-coloured clouds of smoke rose from the ruins for
days on end.
Konstantin Paustovsky. green, or blue. Muffled explosions boomed in the
basement and very soon the whole building caved in. The fire gradually died
down, but pungent, rainbow-coloured clouds of smoke rose from the ruins for
days on end.
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'We must report to Comrade Fire.' 'Look here,' I said, determined to laugh it off. '
This is not the age of Monte Cristo. Put the light on, I'll explain, and you will kindly
let me out.' The answer — to the effect that I could think again but no one would ...
'We must report to Comrade Fire.' 'Look here,' I said, determined to laugh it off. '
This is not the age of Monte Cristo. Put the light on, I'll explain, and you will kindly
let me out.' The answer — to the effect that I could think again but no one would ...
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| Title | The Story of a Life: In that dawn Volume 3 of The Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
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