Word: dneiper
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...LONG SHIPS, by Frans G. Bengtsson (503 pp.; Knopf; $4.50) offers lusty Vikings lusting and looting, bedding and battling across Europe from the Ebro to the Dneiper. The slaughter seems remote and good-humored as Christianity comes to the heathens of the north...
...travelling companions an English communist and an American capitalist. The former was more and more disgusted with Russia because it turned out not to be bona fide communism; the later was more an more interested in Russia, a Russia which could build the Dneiper Dam. The author is always of two minds. He is sceptical as to the effects of propaganda throttling school books, cinemas, and the press. Children learn English to the tune, "Little American boy is hungry. . American boy wishes he could come to Russia, where he can got enough to cat." He doubts whether under such...
...Lieutenant Schmidt's cruiser was joined by nine other ships and an infantry regiment on shore, which attempted to seize the city of Sebastopol. Ships loyal to the Tsar opened fire on the rebel boats, sinking the Otchakov, the Dneiper and a transport. The remaining seven quickly surrendered, and, after several conflicts, the mutineers on shore gave themselves up. The casualties on both sides amounted to 5,000. Subsequently 39 sailors were tried, some acquitted, others sentenced to hard labor for life. Schmidt and three others were shot...
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