Повести Белкина / The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin. Александр Пушкин

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We quote for the curious student: The Postmaster was told to him by Titular Counsellor A.G.N.; The Shot by Lieutenant I.L.P.; The Undertaker by B.V., shop-assistant; The Snowstorm and Mistress into Maid by Miss K.I.T.

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Baratynsky – a Russian poet of the 19th century

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Hussars – soldiers of light cavalry

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faro – (cards) a gambling game in which players bet on cards as they are drawn from the dealer’s box (var. of Pharaoh)

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Burtzov, an officer of the Hussars, notorious for his drinking powers and escapades (TRANSLATOR’S NOTE)

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Denis Davydov, author, 1781–1839 (TRANSLATOR’S NOTE)

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liaison – (French) a sexual relationship between a man and woman not married to each other

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verst – old Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 miles or 1.067 kilometres

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memento – (Latin) a small object which reminds one of something

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Alexander Ypsilanti – (1792–1828), Greek patriot and revolutionary leader

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Zhukovsky – a Russian poet of the 18th century

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kopecks – a kopeck is one hundredth of a ruble (Russian money)

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assessor – a person whose job is to calculate the value of property or the amount of income or taxes