The Black Russian

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First published in the United States of America in 2013 by Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc , New York

Published in the UK in 2013 by Head of Zeus Ltd

Copyright © 2013 by Vladimir Alexandrov

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The quotations from Prince Andrey Lobanov-Rostovsky on pp. xvii–xviii are reprinted with the permission of Scribner, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., from The Grinding Mill: Reminiscences of War and Revolution in Russia, 1913–1920 by Prince A. Lobanov-Rostovsky. Copyright © 1935 by The Macmillan Company.

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The quoted passage on pp. 178–179 from Morris Gilbert, “Alors, Pourquoi?” The Smart Set. Vol. LXXII, No. 3 (November 1923), 47–48, is reprinted with the permission of Hearst Corporation.

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