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The move to the Crimea was... «Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years»
The move to the Crimea was the first of Nabokov's enforced replantations from the cherished world of his childhood. After a few days in Gaspra he could already introduce the first cypresses into his verse, and a few days later describe magnolias past their seasonal best, but nothing could replace the fir forests of home.