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Category: russia

Chutney
memoir, russia, trains

Chutney

Head down, nose in a book, I didn’t see the impact as the window shattered and the shards of glass … Continue reading Chutney

Walking on Ice
Nature, russia, walking

Walking on Ice

On Grafton Street in November,We tripped lightly along the ledgeOf a deep ravine where can be seenThe worst of passions … Continue reading Walking on Ice

The Night Train from Rostov-on-Don to Moscow
railway, russia, soviet union, trains

The Night Train from Rostov-on-Don to Moscow

It was clearly a well practiced routine, careful, elaborate and worthy of a Japanese tea ceremony. First newspaper was spread … Continue reading The Night Train from Rostov-on-Don to Moscow

The All-Russian State Library of Foreign Literature
memoir, russia

The All-Russian State Library of Foreign Literature

I have, in my loft, a box of keepsakes – old tickets, football programmes, postcards and letters, an ancient packet … Continue reading The All-Russian State Library of Foreign Literature

Почта
memoir, Memory, new zealand, russia, soviet union

Почта

It may have been 1997, but this was the Russia of the seventies. Soviet and grey. No snow to lift … Continue reading Почта

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