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Description edit
When Canadian journalist Stephanie Williams set out to discover her Russian grandmother’s long-lost history, what she unearthed was this stunning, sprawling portrait of a life lived on the grand stage of the 20th century. Born in remote Siberia in 1900, Olga Yunter was the youngest of five... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Olga: Add a description of this character.
- Volodya
- Fred
- Lydia
- Ataman Semyonov
- Kolya
- Irina
- Anna Vassilyevna
- Boris Volkov
- Petya
- Filipovna
- Dorrie
- Vasya
- Kolchak
- Dmitry
- Bryantzeff
- Grisha
- Rose
- Lake Baikal
- Goldobin
- Mitya
- Troitskosavsk
- Anya
- Nikolai
- Max
- Schuller
- David
- Maria
- Eddie
- Madame Zebrak
- Chita
- Tatiana
- Jeff
- Mary
- Stephanie Williams
- Sysoyev
- Elena
- Konstantin
- Vladimir
- Tala
- Maskov
- Evgenia
- Yevlampia Semyonovna
- Amah
- Harbin
Setting & Locations edit
- China
- Tientsin
- Shanghai
- Siberia
- European Russia
- Irkutsk
- Vladivostok
- England
- Petrograd
- Kyakhta
- Peking
- Manchuria
- St. Petersburg
- Pootung
- London
- Japan
- Transbaikalia
- Victoria
- Mongolia
- Moscow
- Germany
- Verkhneudinsk
- Kyalchta
- Cossack
- Urga
- Amur
- United States
- Peitaiho
- Canada
- Pacific
- Bolshaya Street
- Poland
- America
- Hong Kong
- Nanking Road
- Tomsk
- France
- Korea
- Elizavetta
- India
- Paris
- Verldmeudinsk
- Ottawa
- Cheremkhovo
- Ritchies
First Sentence edit
I used to have a picture of my grandmother taken in Shanghai in 1939.
Table of Contents edit
The Whispering of Stars: 1900-1914
Darkness, Visible: 1914-18
The Guests of War: 1918-20
Vladivostok: 1920-21
The Ford of Heaven: 1921-6
Home Leave: 1926-7
The Pattern of Peace: 1927-37
The Dying Season: 1937-41
The Waiting Game: 1941-6
The Septic East: 1946-8
Epilogue
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephanie Williams (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0385659865
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0385659865
Page Count: 368
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 909.0491710092
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