In the Memory of North Western Army English subs and translation
Russian White Emigration, circa 1922 A poem by the White Guard poet A. Vasil jev is dedicated to the unsuccessful campaign of the NorthWestern Army in Petrograd. Having missed the chance to occupy the capital, the White troops were forced to retreat to Estonia and lost their last hopes for a break in the course of the Civil War. In this song, the personal tragedy is added to the allRussian tragedy, where a White officer, entering the suburbs of Petrograd, sees his own childhood home, occupied by the Reds
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