Russian

1847

Birth Odessa of Jonas Margoulis, nicknamed Iona. Great-mother father of Ir ne N mirovsky. He was the only one who speaks perfectly French. He was saying: My little queue by pressing hard on the last syllable thus transform e. (Work logs, 1934/IMEC)

1854

Birth Ekaterinoslav of Rosa Chtchedrovitch, called Bella , his maternal grandfather. Poor woman, small, slim, thin [ ] a face like an old photograph, her features blurred, yellowed, of lay in tears. (Work journals, 1934/IMEC)