Archangel is set in 1919 in the northern Russian area of Archangel, during a brief historical moment of Canadian intervention in the Russian Civil War following the end of World War I. One-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles sighs on the rail of a steamship over the ashes of his dead lover Iris.
Archangel occurs in 1919 in northern Russia, near Archangel, during a short period when Canada dispatched troops to participate in the Russian Civil War following World War I. One-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles lingers on the rail of a steamship over the ashes of his deceased love Iris.