01 Jan 1990
To Shura
Throughout her life, Aleksandra has done hard physical work, believing in God and the imminent end of human suffering. Shura, 64, works at the top of the ash hill of the North-Eastern Estonian coal mine.
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Dionýz Hirko Commentary (voice)
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