Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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... Cherkassy on the Dnieper . She had many daughters and she lived in a wooden house with one of them , my Aunt Euphrosine who was the headmistress of the Cherkassy High School for girls . Vikentia Ivanovna always dressed in black and wore ...
... Cherkassy on the Dnieper . She had many daughters and she lived in a wooden house with one of them , my Aunt Euphrosine who was the headmistress of the Cherkassy High School for girls . Vikentia Ivanovna always dressed in black and wore ...
Page 68
... the same jungle . Another reason why we liked the fair was that it heralded Easter and our visit to Cherkassy , followed by the always wonderful Kiev spring . ΙΟ The Midshipman The spring began when the Dnieper overflowed 68 Story of a ...
... the same jungle . Another reason why we liked the fair was that it heralded Easter and our visit to Cherkassy , followed by the always wonderful Kiev spring . ΙΟ The Midshipman The spring began when the Dnieper overflowed 68 Story of a ...
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... brother , my Uncle Kolya . This was the same Uncle Kolya who as a cadet used to come to Cherkassy , and had been so fond of dancing with Aunt Nadya . Now he was an army engineer , married , and 79 The Forest of Bryansk.
... brother , my Uncle Kolya . This was the same Uncle Kolya who as a cadet used to come to Cherkassy , and had been so fond of dancing with Aunt Nadya . Now he was an army engineer , married , and 79 The Forest of Bryansk.
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