Story of a lifePantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 45
... Russian soldiers , unarmed and in brand new khaki uniforms , indistinguishable from those of the old Tsarist army except for the addition of squeaky polished leggings of brown leather . The men formed up on the quay and were marched off ...
... Russian soldiers , unarmed and in brand new khaki uniforms , indistinguishable from those of the old Tsarist army except for the addition of squeaky polished leggings of brown leather . The men formed up on the quay and were marched off ...
Page 46
... Russian soldiers . They were hugged , kissed and presented with flowers . Then a mysterious incident occurred . The disembarkation over , the ships left their moorings and were sailing past the Vorontsov lighthouse into the roadstead ...
... Russian soldiers . They were hugged , kissed and presented with flowers . Then a mysterious incident occurred . The disembarkation over , the ships left their moorings and were sailing past the Vorontsov lighthouse into the roadstead ...
Page 93
... Russian journalists - rather like Stanley who pursued Livingstone to darkest Africa out of sheer sporting instinct . In Russia there was scarcely another journalist of Reginin's sort . Yet in everyday life he seemed a reasonable , even ...
... Russian journalists - rather like Stanley who pursued Livingstone to darkest Africa out of sheer sporting instinct . In Russia there was scarcely another journalist of Reginin's sort . Yet in everyday life he seemed a reasonable , even ...
Contents
Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
Copyright | |
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