LIFE IN RUSSIA.
PEOPLE DO NOT SMILE. The 'first party of British tourists to visit Russia since the revolution, returned to Southampton most unimpressed with the conditions in Leningrad. They declare that the houses are dilapidated, and the streets are in an appalling state of disrepair. The country lacks all gaiety and colour, they say. The people do not smile, and although they are tolerablv civil, they lack individuality, and seem devoid of ambition. Many houses have no furniture.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 245, 14 September 1929, Page 9
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79LIFE IN RUSSIA. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 245, 14 September 1929, Page 9
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