Volga
Also known as: Volga
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Russia's great river, a symbol of home for the exiled Russian colony in Nice.
In Marie's diary
- 1874-10-29 (025.0029, Nice): out walking with Pâris, «Je me suis fait expliquer les grandes pêches de poissons dans la Volga. Une conversation neutre et simple.»
- 1875-06-07 (034.0021, Nice): on a drive home at night Yourkoff «a entonné Le long de notre petite mère, la Volga, et nous avons repris en chœur» (footnote: Marie's rendering of the folk song «Вниз по матушке по Волге», «Down Mother Volga»).
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