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Page 43
... fire on the attacking Cossacks , on their barracks , on the fort , and on the Governor General's palace . The uprising took over military control of the city for a short time . But under the cover of the artillery fire the engineers ...
... fire on the attacking Cossacks , on their barracks , on the fort , and on the Governor General's palace . The uprising took over military control of the city for a short time . But under the cover of the artillery fire the engineers ...
Page 375
... fire was dying in the middle of it . Beside the fire sat a little boy about ten years old in a black cap pulled down over his ears . He was rocking back and forth , with his arms around his knees , quietly and monoto- nously repeating ...
... fire was dying in the middle of it . Beside the fire sat a little boy about ten years old in a black cap pulled down over his ears . He was rocking back and forth , with his arms around his knees , quietly and monoto- nously repeating ...
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... fire which went on steadily in a circle around Kiev . I would get up , fix the stove , look at the Botanical Gardens where the hoarfrost was being shaken from the twigs by the artillery fire , and then I would go back to bed , to read ...
... fire which went on steadily in a circle around Kiev . I would get up , fix the stove , look at the Botanical Gardens where the hoarfrost was being shaken from the twigs by the artillery fire , and then I would go back to bed , to read ...
Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich ΙΟ | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
Copyright | |
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