The Faint-Hearted Bolshevik
“It doesn’t matter whether you’re atheist or orthodox, reactionary communist or an econotechnoliberal, a supporter of the monarchy or someone who believes that every last drop of blue blood should be poured down the drain as soon as possible. Those four perfect faces, those four proud and angelic children, forever united by their tragic destiny, leave an indelible impact on whatever small piece of heart we may have left.
I keep their photograph on my desk (well, let’s call it that) here as i...n all the other places I’ve lived over the past five years since I discovered it. I’ve looked at it so often I know it by heart. It’s difficult to choose one from among the four girls. They all have that elusive Slav beauty, partly divine, partly wild. The same beauty that the best ice-skaters and gymnasts possess (apart from the American ones, so vulgar with their orthodontic braces), a beauty that has led me to become addicted to their competitions. However, if I had to choose my favourite, for example if someone were to threaten me with doing something as cruel as taking a pair of scissors to the photograph, I would beg him to spare the Grand Duchess Olga.MoreLess
I keep their photograph on my desk (well, let’s call it that) here as i...n all the other places I’ve lived over the past five years since I discovered it. I’ve looked at it so often I know it by heart. It’s difficult to choose one from among the four girls. They all have that elusive Slav beauty, partly divine, partly wild. The same beauty that the best ice-skaters and gymnasts possess (apart from the American ones, so vulgar with their orthodontic braces), a beauty that has led me to become addicted to their competitions. However, if I had to choose my favourite, for example if someone were to threaten me with doing something as cruel as taking a pair of scissors to the photograph, I would beg him to spare the Grand Duchess Olga.MoreLess
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