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... hundred - ruble bill , called a " Katerinka . " It carried an elegant , engraved portrait of Catherine II in a tight satin bodice . To be fair about it , the old man was pleasant enough — clean , courteous , even cultivated . A ...
... hundred - ruble bill , called a " Katerinka . " It carried an elegant , engraved portrait of Catherine II in a tight satin bodice . To be fair about it , the old man was pleasant enough — clean , courteous , even cultivated . A ...
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... hundred and seventeen ! Accept this second reprimand with a warning . Sign here . So ! And light a candle to the Iberian Virgin in gratitude that you've got nothing worse . What a thing to do - throw the mayor out of your trolley , and ...
... hundred and seventeen ! Accept this second reprimand with a warning . Sign here . So ! And light a candle to the Iberian Virgin in gratitude that you've got nothing worse . What a thing to do - throw the mayor out of your trolley , and ...
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... hundred poets had been killed in the first days of the war . One French general , who was proud of his love for poetry and his knowledge of it , had said : " Put these enthusiastic young men in the front ranks in the offensive . Let ...
... hundred poets had been killed in the first days of the war . One French general , who was proud of his love for poetry and his knowledge of it , had said : " Put these enthusiastic young men in the front ranks in the offensive . Let ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich ΙΟ | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
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