Gusev

Previously only seen from above - dust devils in Gusev Crater, from Spirit

Archive 2005-03-01 Dr. Lisa 2005

Previously only seen from above - dust devils in Gusev Crater, from Spirit

Dust Devils Dr. Lisa 2005

Early this year a comparatively unknown Bolshevik called Gusev, to whom nobody had attributed any particular intelligence, wrote, while busy on the staff of an army on the southeast front, which was at the time being used partly as a labor army, a pamphlet which has had an extraordinary influence in getting such a programme drawn up.

The Crisis in Russia Arthur Ransome 1925

I dithered between including this or including "Gusev", which is, I think, a better story, but I settled on "Ward No. 6" because I would like to send this story back to get myself to read Chekhov's fiction sooner.

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

I dithered between including this or including "Gusev", which is, I think, a better story, but I settled on "Ward No. 6" because I would like to send this story back to get myself to read Chekhov's fiction sooner.

A Little List 2007

The ending of "Gusev", in particular, seems to me to be one of the greatest bits of prose ever written, not merely for its language, because I don't read Russian and so can't judge the actual language, but for what it accomplishes within the scope of the story itself.

Archive 2004-07-01 2004

The fruits of this journey were a series of articles in _Russkaya Myssl_ on the island of Sahalin, and two short stories, "Gusev" and "In Exile."

Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

The two men paid a visit to Fedor Gusev, the Soviet ambassador in London, who was cordial but secretive about Soviet plans for the tribunal.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

Gusev and the other Russians toasted Truman, but they sipped little of the yellowish liquid the hotel claimed was vodka.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

And since distributors in Russia are unreliable, Mr. Gusev delivers his books to retail stores himself, and also sells them online.

Free Market Exposure William Meyers 2011