...It’s pouring rain, and the football team can’t get onto the field, which has turned into a giant muddy puddle. The day after tomorrow, they have a game against the tough "southern" opponent.
In the summer of 1918, the situation in Transcaspia was especially difficult. The Menshevik government led by Funtikov seized power. Only the fortress city of Kushka remains Soviet. The garrison went over to the Bolshevik side. Large reserves of weapons and ammunition are concentrated in the...
