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Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837

"The Daughter of the Commandant"

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[Footnote 5: _Drorovuiye lyndi_, that is to say, courtyard people, or
serfs, who inhabit the quarters.]
[Footnote 6: Eudosia, daughter of Basil.]
[Footnote 7: Diminutive of Petr', Peter.]
[Footnote 8: Anastasia, daughter of Garassim]
[Footnote 9: Orenburg, capital of the district of Orenburg, which--the
most easterly one of European Russia--extends into Asia.]
[Footnote 10: _Touloup_, short pelisse, not reaching to the knee.]
[Footnote 11: John, son of John.]
[Footnote 12: One kopek=small bit of copper money.]
[Footnote 13: The rouble was then worth, as is now the silver rouble,
about 3s. 4d. English money.]
[Footnote 14: "_Kvass_," kind of cider; common drink in Russia.]
[Footnote 15: Whirlwind of snow.]
[Footnote 16: Curtain made of the inner bark of the limetree which
covers the hood of a _kibitka_.]
[Footnote 17: Marriage godfather.]
[Footnote 18: Torch of fir or birch.]
[Footnote 19: Tributary of the River Ural.]
[Footnote 20: Tea urn.]
[Footnote 21: A short caftan.]
[Footnote 22: Russian priest.]
[Footnote 23: Russian peasants carry their axe in their belt or behind
their back.]
[Footnote 24: Under Catherine II., who reigned from 1762-1796.]
[Footnote 25: _i.


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