The White Guard
From the album “Illustrations by Andrey Nikolaev”
“The Hetman, huh? Son of a bitch!” Myshlayevsky roared. “Cavalry Guard? In the palace? Huh? And they sent us out in whatever we were wearing. Huh? A day in the frost and snow... Lord! I thought we were all done for... To hell with them! An officer a hundred sazhen apart from another—is that what they call a chain? They almost slaughtered us like chickens!”