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Page 26
Yet we knew about the rising in Petrograd , the storming of the Winter Palace , the
gunshot from the Aurora13 ; we knew that martial law had been proclaimed in
Moscow , that well - armed units of soldiers and Red Guards were massing on
the ...
Yet we knew about the rising in Petrograd , the storming of the Winter Palace , the
gunshot from the Aurora13 ; we knew that martial law had been proclaimed in
Moscow , that well - armed units of soldiers and Red Guards were massing on
the ...
Page 95
Their documents were in order , but you never knew — the authorities might pick
on something . In such circumstances , a stranger without a travel pass , without
an exit visa , could be a godsend to them . ' Why pick on us , who are loyal Soviet
...
Their documents were in order , but you never knew — the authorities might pick
on something . In such circumstances , a stranger without a travel pass , without
an exit visa , could be a godsend to them . ' Why pick on us , who are loyal Soviet
...
Page 182
Neither the Denikinists nor even the friendly civilians in Kiev knew anything about
it — the peasants in the nearby villages had never , by a single word , betrayed
their presence . Now they had irrupted into Kiev , taken half the city , seized a ...
Neither the Denikinists nor even the friendly civilians in Kiev knew anything about
it — the peasants in the nearby villages had never , by a single word , betrayed
their presence . Now they had irrupted into Kiev , taken half the city , seized a ...
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Contents
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
The Hall with the Fountain | 58 |
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