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edelamsee's avatar

In uk my landlord was the son of Akhmatovas mostant important love, Boris Anrep. Anrep, on emigrating first to France and thence to England, left her with an orthodox cross as a symbole for departing ways. It nearly broke her. Many decades later, her birth of place turned into the Akhmatova museum in Leiningrad, Anreps son asked me to take a foto of that very cross. So on my vistit to Mosco in early 80s, I had a detour to Leningrad to visit the museum. The curator, on hearing my sory as to why I came all the ay from England to visit the museum, just gave me a huge hug and could not stop crying. These are the people I got to know in Russia. Every pencil is worshipped like e relic.

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The comments on the post called "Three Poems" was accidentally set to "paid subscribers only in the comments section. I have fixed it now. I place all posts and all comments open to all. Sorry for the mishap.

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