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... soldiers climbed into the trolley at the Yaroslavl railroad station in battle uniform - with cartridge cases , rifles , and leather belts tight around their new greatcoats . These were reserve soldiers , bearded , weathered men who ...
... soldiers climbed into the trolley at the Yaroslavl railroad station in battle uniform - with cartridge cases , rifles , and leather belts tight around their new greatcoats . These were reserve soldiers , bearded , weathered men who ...
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... soldier took off his sheepskin hat and waved it over his head . A few people shouted " Hurrah ! " but weakly , not in concert . Then a kind of ominous movement began in the crowd - soldiers , linking hands , were beginning to encircle ...
... soldier took off his sheepskin hat and waved it over his head . A few people shouted " Hurrah ! " but weakly , not in concert . Then a kind of ominous movement began in the crowd - soldiers , linking hands , were beginning to encircle ...
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... soldiers . It was a slushy evening . The enor- mous barracks hall was drowned in the smoke of cheap tobacco . Rain trickled down the dusty windows . There was a sour smell of wet overcoats and carbolic acid . Soldiers with rifles ...
... soldiers . It was a slushy evening . The enor- mous barracks hall was drowned in the smoke of cheap tobacco . Rain trickled down the dusty windows . There was a sour smell of wet overcoats and carbolic acid . Soldiers with rifles ...
Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich ΙΟ | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
Copyright | |
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