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... steppes of the Empress Catherine's country and the Khersonshchina lay the heavenly land of the Crimea . Before he became an oxcart driver , Grandfather had served in the Tsar's army , had gone off to fight the Turkish War , had been ...
... steppes of the Empress Catherine's country and the Khersonshchina lay the heavenly land of the Crimea . Before he became an oxcart driver , Grandfather had served in the Tsar's army , had gone off to fight the Turkish War , had been ...
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... were engrossed in a book called Peter Marits , a Young Boer from the Transvaal . We were not alone . The whole civilized world followed the trag- edy taking place on the steppes between the Vaal and [ 38 ] The Faraway Years.
... were engrossed in a book called Peter Marits , a Young Boer from the Transvaal . We were not alone . The whole civilized world followed the trag- edy taking place on the steppes between the Vaal and [ 38 ] The Faraway Years.
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Konstantin Paustovsky. edy taking place on the steppes between the Vaal and the Orange River with a sinking of the heart , aghast at the unequal fight be- tween a small people and a great world power . Even the organ- grinders in Kiev ...
Konstantin Paustovsky. edy taking place on the steppes between the Vaal and the Orange River with a sinking of the heart , aghast at the unequal fight be- tween a small people and a great world power . Even the organ- grinders in Kiev ...
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