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THE CZAR'S LAST CHRISTMAS LETTER: A BARN IN THE URALS by NORMAN DUBIE

Poem Explanation

First Line: YOU WERE NEVER TOLD, MOTHER, HOW OLD ILLYA WAS DRUNK
Last Line: AND I AM NICHOLAS.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; CHRISTMAS; LETTERS; MOTHERS & SONS; NICHOLAS II, CZAR OF RUSSIA (1868-1918); PARENTS; WORLD WAR I; CHILDHOOD; NATIVITY, THE; PARENTHOOD; FIRST WORLD WAR;
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