Grossman by a grave on the grounds of the monastery at Tsakhkadzor

Grossman with children from the village of Tsakhkadzor

“And then the translator conversed with a mule and a sheep.” (See chapter 6.)

Grossman with men from the village of Tsakhkadzor

Grossman and “Hortensia” on the grounds of the monastery at Tsakhkadzor

Grossman and “Martirosyan” with Echmiadzin cathedral in the background

A drawing Grossman sent from Armenia to Lena, the daughter of his stepson, Fyodor Guber. The text reads as follows:

TO LENOCHKA.

This is a trout from blue Lake Sevan.

A sheep, it is grazing on the mountainside.

Here I wanted to draw a donkey, but it has ended up more like a mouse.