Story of a Life: In that dawnHarvill P., 1965 |
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... Odessa . His agents circulated rumours that the French were coming to the rescue - they were in Vinnitsa , in Fastov , tomorrow their brave Zouaves in fezes and red trousers would be seen in the Boyarka suburb of Kiev . This Petlyura ...
... Odessa . His agents circulated rumours that the French were coming to the rescue - they were in Vinnitsa , in Fastov , tomorrow their brave Zouaves in fezes and red trousers would be seen in the Boyarka suburb of Kiev . This Petlyura ...
Page 200
... Odessa ate — or , as southerners say - fed on it . Sometimes even the supplies of firinka ran out . We ate it raw , only just salted , or minced and fried as fishcakes . The fishcakes - ' seasoned with tears ' as the Odessans put it ...
... Odessa ate — or , as southerners say - fed on it . Sometimes even the supplies of firinka ran out . We ate it raw , only just salted , or minced and fried as fishcakes . The fishcakes - ' seasoned with tears ' as the Odessans put it ...
Page 204
... Odessa was well ahead of any other southern town . The rumours were crazy ; they were also frightening . Like the blustering north wind , they blew from the Kherson Steppes . The Soviet Army was thrusting south , destroying rear ...
... Odessa was well ahead of any other southern town . The rumours were crazy ; they were also frightening . Like the blustering north wind , they blew from the Kherson Steppes . The Soviet Army was thrusting south , destroying rear ...
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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