Paul T. Sbroueff Letter to John Franklin Hardesty - July 4, 1930
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P.T. Sbroueff July 4th 1930. Baky, Nizhegorodskoy Okrug, Russia Dr. J.F. Hardesty. My Dear friend! Twelve years went over since we leave one another in Villingen but my remembrance of you is still living in me. Indeed I do remember you and my high regarg for you as my teacher in English. I often wondere what is to you. If this letter reaches you I shall be very happy to hear from you that you are alive and sound. I hope you will tell me more abut yourself. I have written two letters before but it is clear that they did not reach you. From your reply on the first my letter I was informed that you
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left Villingen in 1918 and reached home in 1919. You asked me about my comrade Prokop, but at all my wish I do not know where he is and what is with him. Did you receive some letters from him? As for myself I can tell that since 1923 till now I was a chief of a shool which had in last period 600 pupils and 20 teachers. After very hard labour in shool I was taken ill and must put off this duty. Although the pedagogical work took almost all my time nevertheless I have had occasion to read English books to hear broadcasting and even the some radio set was been made by myself. By my apparate I can hear not only Russian stations but very much European ones: Berlin
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Hamburg, Paris, [Toulouse],[Vienna], Warsaw, Rome, London and so on. I heard also several times New York, which was transmitted by Berlin In such a manner. I am still hear to European life. Last year I received one magazine "Radio-News" from New York but to my great sorrow it is very difficult for me because in it there is very much technical turns. In this year I have met in Nizhny – Novgorod a large delegation of your countrymen which have travelled in Russia. I had the pleasure to speak to many of members and I understood them and they understood me In that I am obliged only to you. So, you do see that your pupil is much advanced in English, nevertheless I beg your pardon for my mistakes even in this letter. I extend
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best wishes for your health and happiness and will remember our days together as being made much happier by knowing you. I shall be very glad to have a few lines concerning your life, I sincerly hope to hear from you My adress: Russia, Baky Nizhegorodskoy Okrug. P.T. Sbroueff Most Sincerly P. Sbroueff
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| Title | Paul T. Sbroueff Letter to John Franklin Hardesty - July 4, 1930 |
| Creator | Sbroueff, Paul S. |
| Source | Sbroueff, Paul T. Letter to John Franklin Hardesty. 04 July 1930. John Franklin Hardesty Papers, 1867-2007. A2293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | John Franklin Hardesty entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps and volunteered to serve as a surgeon with the British Army during WWI. Hardesty corresponded with the men he was imprisoned with for many years after their release from prison. In this letter, Paul T. Sbroueff wrote Hardesty about his life in Russia. Sbrouef was a fellow prisoner at Villingen Prisoner of War Camp. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Germany; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | July 4, 1930 |
| Language | English |