The Story of a Life: In that dawnPantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 26
... 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 ...
... 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
... knew — the authorities might pick on something . In such circumstances , a stranger with- out a travel pass , without an exit visa , could be a godsend to them . ' Why pick on us , who are loyal Soviet citizens , Comrade ? What about ...
... knew — the authorities might pick on something . In such circumstances , a stranger with- out a travel pass , without an exit visa , could be a godsend to them . ' Why pick on us , who are loyal Soviet citizens , Comrade ? What about ...
Page 182
... 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 quantity of food and ammunition , and were fighting ...
... 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 quantity of food and ammunition , and were fighting ...
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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