CONTENTS

Introduction

Part I
Russia — Growing Up

St Petersburg
Schlusselburg
Journey to Apsheronsk
Ekatinerinodar
Sissert
Tragedy in Ekatinerinburg
Flight from Sissert
Vladivostock

Part II
China — Marriage

A Whirlwind Marriage
The Silk Route
Life in Urumchi
The Sino Swedish Exposition
Life and Death
Bab el-mandeb, the Gateway of Lamentation
Shanghai and Tientsin

[© By courtesy: Mr Patrick M.R. Gibson] ...

Part III
China — Internment

Chefoo
Wiehsien
Liberty at Last