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Raids on Tolstoy Farm Stirred by Letter to Soviet Consul
The Tolstoy Foundation farm is raided after a controversial letter from Oksana Kasenkina to the Soviet consul general triggers action by Consul Lomakin and Ambassador Panyushkin. She is escorted to the Soviet consulate where she meets the ambassador, with Countess Tolstoy raising alarms earlier. The episode foreshadows an international incident and continues in the next installment.
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Tolstoy
Isaac Don le Vine
Tolstoy Foundation
Panyushkin
New York City
Thelobeda
Soviet Russia
Russia
Zenzinov
Consul Lomakin
Cherpurykh
Anastasia
Trofimova
Consulate
Lomakin
Oksana
Stepanovma
Chepurnykh
Samarin
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