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 is set in 1919 in northern Russia, near Archangel, during a brief historical period when Canada intervened in the Russian Civil War following World War I. One-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles gazes at the rail of a steamship over the ashes of his deceased love Iris.