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A short history of tractors in ukrainian by marina. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. The roots of the story reach to the revolution, the ukrainian famine in the 30s and the ww2. Nikolai, an 86 year old retired ukrainian engineer and tractor historian in peterborough, has fallen in love with 36 year old valentina.
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