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Page 116
We often heard my father and my uncle arguing at teatime about the future of
Russia . Uncle Kolya maintained that the way to achieve the happiness of the
people was by giving them education , my father believed that the revolution
alone ...
We often heard my father and my uncle arguing at teatime about the future of
Russia . Uncle Kolya maintained that the way to achieve the happiness of the
people was by giving them education , my father believed that the revolution
alone ...
Page 183
... to Russia in the hope of making enough money within a few years to retire , go
home and engage in the cultivation of mushrooms which could be sold profitably
in Paris . This explained his total lack of interest in both Russian and literature .
... to Russia in the hope of making enough money within a few years to retire , go
home and engage in the cultivation of mushrooms which could be sold profitably
in Paris . This explained his total lack of interest in both Russian and literature .
Page 281
After a term in a Russian prison , he lived in Russia for five years . s Makborka :
cheap tobacco . 6 Hetman : originally a Polish military title , retained by the
Cossacks . 7 Zaporozbye : The Dnieper region where the main part of the
Cossack ...
After a term in a Russian prison , he lived in Russia for five years . s Makborka :
cheap tobacco . 6 Hetman : originally a Polish military title , retained by the
Cossacks . 7 Zaporozbye : The Dnieper region where the main part of the
Cossack ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a Life, Volume 1 Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Harvill P., 1965 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jul 2007 |
| ISBN | 0002717565, 9780002717564 |
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