Petersburg slums

May 5, 1838 a young woman throws a newborn girl into the house of Prince Dmitry Shadursky. The thirty-eight-year-old prince is little surprised by the appearance of a foundling; knowing the prince’s lifestyle, he does not see anything strange in this, and his wife Tatyana Lvovna. Shadursky decides to get rid of the girl and goes for advice

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Notes of a young doctor

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Russian folk tales about animals

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