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Page 462
And I became convinced that the capital city, Moscow, was surrounded by a moss
-covered old Russia that the oldest residents of the city had no conception of. Fifty
versts from Moscow the backwoods started — woods filled with bandits, ...
And I became convinced that the capital city, Moscow, was surrounded by a moss
-covered old Russia that the oldest residents of the city had no conception of. Fifty
versts from Moscow the backwoods started — woods filled with bandits, ...
Page 514
For Russia was falling apart into separate little countries cut off from each other
by the lack of roads, the destruction of the mails and the telegraph system, blown-
up bridges, and the sudden elongation of all distance. Little homemade republics
...
For Russia was falling apart into separate little countries cut off from each other
by the lack of roads, the destruction of the mails and the telegraph system, blown-
up bridges, and the sudden elongation of all distance. Little homemade republics
...
Page 564
It seemed to me that there was no longer any Russia and would never be one,
that all was lost, and that there was nothing more to live for. It was as if the singer
guessed my thoughts, for he said: "Most gracious God, what has happened to ...
It seemed to me that there was no longer any Russia and would never be one,
that all was lost, and that there was nothing more to live for. It was as if the singer
guessed my thoughts, for he said: "Most gracious God, what has happened to ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Story of a Life, Volume 2 |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2009 |
| Length | 661 pages |
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