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In the summer of 1920 a stylish crowd gathers on the platform of a quiet resort town, waiting for the evening train from St. Petersburg. The air hums with multiple tongues—Russian, French, German—while silk dresses and polished shoes glitter under electric lamps. The community is a blend of well‑off civil servants, teachers and the occasional aspiring socialite, all eager for the latest gossip and a chance to be seen. Beneath the glitter, however, a subtle current of suspicion circles the few Jewish families who have begun to appear among the villas.

Among the waiting passengers a young woman watches the scene, noting the contrast between flaunted wealth and the nervous glances exchanged. As the train lingers, small dramas unfold—a hurried purchase of flowers, a whispered argument—suggesting that the resort’s polished surface may hide deeper rivalries. Listeners will be drawn into the delicate dance of status, longing, and the quiet tensions that shape this early‑twentieth‑century summer.