Russian writer Alexandre Grin (1880-1932) with tame Kestrel in 1929

Date Created: 10 June 2016

Author: Unknown

Source: Dr Irina Vadimovna Beliavskaya

Owner: Dr Irina Vadimovna Beliavskaya, Moscow, Russia

Location: Feodosia, the Crimea

  • Russia European
  • Falcon
  • Photo
  • 20th Century
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Well-known Russian writer Alexander Stepanovich Grivenskiy (1880-1932) in the Crimea in 1929 has bought from boys the orphaned Kestrel chick, rehabiliated him and tamed him. The bird died from cat's attack.

On the front side of the photograph and on reverse its sides there is an incsription:

"...there are eternal questions, but there are not eternal answers".

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