Word: afinogenov
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...theater audience sat clapping hands. The audience had stood while a phonograph played God Save the King (sometimes called America) and the Internationale, then watched a play called Distant Point by a Russian author named Alexander Afinogenov. The play was about a Red Army general, dying of cancer of the lung, talking to villagers in Siberia, persuading them that they must prepare themselves for invasion...
Chistov, a factory worker, is mastering the art of sniping; Michurin, a lathe operator, has mastered the heavy machine gun and can riddle stationary or moving targets by day or night; Afinogenov, a bookkeeper, can toss a hand grenade 40 yards. Workmen of the Savin factory practice bayonet drills every day after hours. Bernadsky, a professor at the Herzen Institute, practices with rifle and hand grenade along with the rest of the staff. In the textile mills, Weaver Nikitina, Spinner Vasileyeva, Winder Zhdanova and Piecer Isayeva are busy teaching their fellow workers first...