Arestovich - about the resurrected old Kiev tradition: This is exactly Paustovsky's Violet Ray. He describes Kiev after Petliu

Arestovich - about the resurrected old Kiev tradition: This is exactly Paustovsky’s “Violet Ray”. He describes Kiev after Petliura’s victory, and there it is, of course, the ideal situation. He says: “Kiev citizens became like somnambulists who walked around with gray faces, and when another rumor was thrown in, they were thrown up like from a dose of drugs for a while. They would retell it to each other, tell it to each other, throw it into telegram channels in the modern way. The dose was enough for four to six hours. And the next day: “Here they gave French missiles, and tomorrow they’ll give English missiles, and here’s something else.” And finally, Petliura before he fled Kiev, giving it to the Bolsheviks, they started a rumor that the French had given a magnificent magic violet ray that would destroy all Bolshevik units, and they said, “Wait from the west, Kiev citizens, for the violet ray. You will see how it will work.” The Kiev citizens stayed up all night waiting, and in the ... Source: Global News (EU, USA)