Publisher's Synopsis
Reminiscences of the purebred Estonian boy of his childhood and youth spent in Narva. Accurate, detailed descriptions present an undoubted historical interest for the curious and explorers of pre-revolutionary Narva and the Krenholm Manufactory and allow you to plunge into the times of the end of the19-th beginning of the 20 centuries. The work of the land surveyor Yan in the provinces of the Russian Empire, participation of the First gun regiment officer Yaan Sell in revolutionary events; engineer Sell's sketch of the organization of work at the Red Triangle plant, the history of the synthetic rubber creation through the participant's eyes - scientist Yaan Yanovich Sell-Beckman. As well as plenty of other interesting descriptions of the author, whose life flounced like a flame and ended tragically.
