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Arrival in Kiev, with its sunny days and familiar faces, but a scourge of White Russians is approaching. When will Petlyura get here?

Teffi was a famous Russian writer in the early 1900's, forced to flee her country. And this is the story of her eventful flight, which is newly translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, Anne Marie Jackson and Irina Steinberg. It is abridged for radio by Katrin Williams:

Arrival in Kiev, with its sunny days and familiar faces, but a scourge of White Russians is approaching. When will Petlyura get here?

Reader Tracy-Ann Oberman

Producer Duncan Minshull.

15 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Tracy Ann Oberman
Author Teffi
Abridger Katrin Williams
Producer Duncan Minshull

Broadcasts

  • Wed 18 May 2016 09:45
  • Thu 19 May 2016 00:30

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