The New Year's Tree by Mikhail Zoshchenko - Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! We're kicking off the A Very Foreign Christmas series with Russian this year! Let's talk about "The New Year's Tree" by Mikhail Zoshchenko and the era of Christianity and Atheism in Russia/USSR. Our story was translated by Ross Ufberg.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

0:00 Introductions

0:35 Publication Info

2:09 Plot Summary

4:11 Analysis

12:44 Wrap Up and Ratings

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====Copyright Info====

Song: Infinite

Artist: Valence

Licensed to YouTube by: AEI (on behalf of NCS); Featherstone Music (publishing), and 1 Music Rights Societies

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