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# Victor Hugo's drawing of the Bastille, known to him only from paintings
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/segodnia-den-vziatiia-bastilii-kogda-moi-sosed-iz-3-podezda-diadia-lionia-napivalsia-i-oral-po-donu-guliaet-kazak-molodoi/
- Published: 2017-07-14T14:58:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:02:24.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Art, Observations, Mores, Humour

Today is Bastille Day, when my neighbour from the 3rd entrance, Uncle Lyonya, used to get drunk and bellow "A young Cossack strolls along the Don". This is Victor Hugo's drawing of the Bastille, which he knew only from paintings, but it looks rather like it