Word: inokovka
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...circular telegram from Moscow, relayed throughout a local district from the city of Yelan, ended as follows when it reached the village of Inokovka: KEEP READY 13,530 SPARROWS...
Suddenly into Inokovka rode three officials of the Soviet circuit court: Tovarisha (Comrades) Simokin, Karpov, Diubin. Humbly the peasants begged not to be punished for falling short of their sparrow quota. Good fellows, the circuit court officials joined with enthusiasm in the sparrow hunt. Fearing, however, that the district Soviet authorities at Yelan might be harder-hearted, the peasants, shrewd, sent a very pretty girl, Comrade Emelianova, to intercede with the district boss, Comrade Vorobiev...
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