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... Ukraine ? At that time , the Ukraine , the Don basin , and the Crimea were held by the German army . Kiev was held by a hetman who had been invented by the Germans - Pavel Skoropadsky , a long - legged , polished , stupid officer .
... Ukraine ? At that time , the Ukraine , the Don basin , and the Crimea were held by the German army . Kiev was held by a hetman who had been invented by the Germans - Pavel Skoropadsky , a long - legged , polished , stupid officer .
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... Ukrainian theater . Nearly every play produced there included some of these gaidamaks , their eyes made up with blue paint , swinging into the old Ukrainian folk - dance , the gopak . Every people has its own character , its own ...
... Ukrainian theater . Nearly every play produced there included some of these gaidamaks , their eyes made up with blue paint , swinging into the old Ukrainian folk - dance , the gopak . Every people has its own character , its own ...
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... Ukrainian ones . Petliura brought with him a so - called Galician language - a heavy speech filled with words borrowed from neighboring lan- guages . And the sharp , singing common speech of the Ukraine , full of pearls as shining as ...
... Ukrainian ones . Petliura brought with him a so - called Galician language - a heavy speech filled with words borrowed from neighboring lan- guages . And the sharp , singing common speech of the Ukraine , full of pearls as shining as ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
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