Description:Q1179

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Translation of V. F. Odoevsky "Tales and Stories", published on the occasion of the exhibition Snow Crash at Banner Repeater. According to the calculations of some astronomers, Biela's (Viela's - The Russian letter "B" is translated into Cyrillic alphabet as "V") comet should, in 2. 500 years' time, that is to say in the year 4399, collide with the Earth. The events of the novel which these letters are taken from take place in the year before this catastrophe.