Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Dolgorukov recalled how, as a child, he was allowed to go and watch the wedding of Vladimir Poluektov and Ekaterina Argamakova, where he met Katerina Obukhova, with whom he fell instantly in love, and the two at once resolved to b

Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Dolgorukov recalled how, as a child, he was allowed to go and watch the wedding of Vladimir Poluektov and Ekaterina Argamakova, where he met Katerina Obukhova. The two fell in love on the spot and there and then resolved to become bridegroom and bride, in token whereof they exchanged little children's rings, standing behind the couple being wed, at that moment attended by their foreign nurse and governor, as if they were witnesses to the marriage. At home the boy was, of course, flogged when the ring given him by his "bride" was found. And Katenka Obukhova he never met again.

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Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Dolgorukov recalled how, as a child, he was allowed to go and watch the wedding of Vladimir Poluektov and Ekaterina Argamakova, where he met Katerina Obukhova, with whom he fell instantly in love, and the two at once resolved to b

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

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