Resurrection - читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги автора Leo Tolstoy (ч. notes)

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cabmen

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in Russian, as in many other languages, “thou” is used generally among people very familiar with each other, or by superiors to inferiors

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a religious sect

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grades such as this are common in Russia, and mean very little

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the lowest town class or grade

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it is usual in Russia to congratulate those who have received communion

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Easter cakes

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long strips of linen are worn by the peasants instead of stockings

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coffee-pots are often used for holding holy water in Russia

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Sadko, the hero of a legend

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member of an artel, an association of workmen, in which the members share profits and liabilities

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in Russia coupons cut off interest-bearing papers are often used as money

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There are small watchmen’s cottages at distances of about one mile from each other along the Russian railways, and the watchmen or their wives have to meet every train.

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the rouble is worth a little over two shillings, and contains 100 copecks

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cheap restaurant

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literally, jostling market, where second-hand clothes and all sorts of cheap goods are sold

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literally, “People’s Freedom,” a revolutionary movement

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about two and three-quarter acres

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The greatest thief in the village

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a pood is 36 English pounds

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kvas is a kind of sour, non-intoxicant beer made of rye

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those baptized in the Russo-Greek Church always wear a cross round their necks

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many advanced women wear their hair short, like men

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The Emperor Alexander II was killed on the first of March, old style.

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the Decembrists were a group who attempted, but failed, to put an end to absolutism in Russia at the time of the accession of Nicholas the First

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the headquarters of the fire brigade and the police stations are generally together in Moscow

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In Moscow, in the beginning of the eighth decade of this century, five convicts died of sunstroke in one day on their way from the Boutyrki prison to the Nijni railway station.

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leaders of rebellions in Russia: Stonka Razin in the 17th and Pougatcheff in the 18th century

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A fact described by Lineff in his “Transportation”.

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The long boots worn in Russia have concertina-like sides, and when held to the chimney of the somovar can be used instead of bellows to make the charcoal inside burn up.