This memory was brought on by a song, and it ties in with the last one I posted - I sensed that I would soon remember more about the old man, and indeed I did! One of the many songs by Vladimir Troshin I have has always fascinated me, and since I...

I don't know what to do with this flashback, how to place and classify it - but I'll post it anyway, since it was very intense and I may find a connection in the future. Maksim is still rather young, in his early teens. The flashback must be set in...

A flashback brought on what I heard about in my last Russian lesson; my teacher told me that Russian pupils have a дневник (could be translated as "day-book") into which all marks are written by the teacher, and if the pupil behaves badly, that,...

I've always liked the song "Тучи над городом встали" ("Clouds have risen over the city") by Mark Bernes, and it has always struck a chord with me - no doubt it did so for Maksim as well. (For those that don't speak Russian, the song...

Had this flashback as I was driving today, thinking of nothing...Maksim is sitting at the table, possibly on this day. In front of him is the cardboard box with the letters, and as he goes through them he finds something else - a photograph. It shows...