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"His wound was exactly like that which killed Aleksander Pushkin," notes the medically knowledgeable Rosa. "If Pushkin had lived in our time, he would have survived his wound." Moisey didn't care about Pushkin. His wound was life-threatening and he needed immediate attention. He relates that he was saved by a medic, a very young girl: "I lay in the field, alternately fainting and coming to, and watched her running to and o in search of the wounded. A comrade and schoolmate of mine lay dead next to me, his face blown off. I was beginning to lose all hope. Finally the medic found me. As the wounded were transported to the hospital, I was moaning om excruciating pain. A young Cossack om the Kuban region with a gaping wound in his back consoled me: 'Don't worry, Moisey, I'm sure we'll survive.'" Many years later, Moisey still took comfort om those words. The irony is that Moisey did survive, but the young Cossack did not. The war remained not only in his memory, but also le a physical legacy. Shell agments that could not be surgically removed had lodged deep in his body, constantly reminding him of the ordeals of World War II. "I'd love to forget the war, but the damn thing keeps reminding me of itself through pain," he said. Building a Family Building a Family Rosa and Moisey started building a family together. On April 3, 1947, David Udler was born in Moscow. He was followed by Yakov one year later in Skulyane, Moldova. Rosa was ferocious in protecting her children and making sure they had the best education. We have seen this same commitment to education among all the Volsuns. The good memories of raising children are partially marred by the death of Rosa's mother just barely a month aer David's birth. Rosa remembers this day with pain in her eyes. She Aleksander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса ндр Серге евич Пу шкин) is considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Born on June 6, 1799, Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influencing later Russian writers. He moved in the highest and most avant-garde circles in St. Petersburg, soaking in the vibrant atmosphere of social reform and becoming a key literary radical. He annoyed the government enough to be transferred out of the capital and into the countryside, where the bureaucrats hoped he would become obscure. Far om sinking into obscurity, Pushkin joined a number of secret societies and wrote poems that brought him international acclaim. The government responded by exiling him still further into the country, this time to his mother's rural estate in northern Russia. He lobbied successfully with the Tzar himself for his release, and returned to St. Petersburg, but soon found himself under suspicion again as copies of his poems kept turning up amongst the papers of rebels and other intellectual troublemakers. In 1831, Pushkin married a renowned beauty om a wealthy family of manufacturers. They became regulars in court circles. The Tzar gave Pushkin the lowest court title, and Pushkin (perhaps rightly) assumed that this was so his wife could be ogled at court balls. Among his wife's admirers was her sister's dashing and handsome fiancé, a French nobleman named Georges d'Anthès. Rumors of a scandalous liaison enraged Pushkin and pushed him beyond the brink. He challenged d'Anthès to a duel. Pushkin and d'Anthès agreed to duel with pistols. D'Anthès fired first, hitting Pushkin in the stomach. Mortally wounded, Pushkin nevertheless struggled to his feet and returned fire, wounding D'Anthès on the right arm. Two days later, Pushkin died. Pushkin's Wound Pushkin's Wound

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