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Footnotes
[1] The Lezghins are among the medley of mountain tribes living in Daghestan and part of the Terek province. These mountaineers of the Eastern Caucasus are nearly all Sun’i Mohammedans.
[2] One of Russia’s bravest and greatest generals in the war with Napoleon, 1812.
[3] Roman Catholic priests are so called in Lithuania and Poland.
[4] Schtoss is a sort of Russian hazard.
[5] Yuri = George.
[6] Roubashka (blouse).
[7] The official newspaper of the Russian Army.
[8] Professional floor-polisher.
[9] A town and “government” in East Russia.
[10] Corresponds to the Swedish smörgåsbord, and consists of a number of cold dishes and delicacies.
[11] A national dish in Russia, consisting of a sort of buckwheat porridge baked in the oven in fire-proof earthen vessels, which are put on the table.
[12] In the time of Nicholas, sons of soldiers quartered or garrisoned in certain districts. They were liable to be called on to serve.
[13] An old Slavonic character (l’schiza), only occurring in the Russian Bible and Ritual.
[14] Nickname for Little Russians on account of their curious habit of cutting and fashioning their hair into a tuft (khokhol) on the crown.
[15] An affectionate diminutive of George.
[16] Sliva is the Russian for plum.
[17] Arshin = 2·33 feet.
[18] Pet name for Alexandra.
[19] A light jacket worn in the hot weather.
[20] The name given to Ivan the Terrible’s lifeguards and executioners.
[21] Chinóvnik, Russian word for official.
[22] Ivan Milostivni, one of the innumerable saints of the Greek Church.
[23] The allusion is to the double eagle in the arms of Russia.
[24] Vobla is a kind of fish of the size of Prussian carp, and is caught in the Volga.
[25] Au revoir.
[26] Untranslatable pun on the two last syllables of svidánia; Dania means Denmark, Schvezia, Sweden.
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