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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Chto Neponiatno u Klassikov, ili Entsiklopediia Russkogo Byta XIX Veka
[ What is hard to understand in classic literature, or, An Encyclopedia of everyday Russian life in the 19th century]
4th ed
Moscow: Flinta - Nauka, 2001 264 p pbk. 14.5 x 20.5 ISBN: 5893491270 Language: Russian
This book about the realities of everyday life in the 19th century is meant to help in understanding Russian classic literature. Most of the words and examples of their use are taken from well known works. Though there are several books published on this topic, this one contains material different from the others and makes good reading. Word index. The book was written by the Russian historian of literature Iurii Fedosiuk (1920-1993). See also his other book Russkie Familii: Populiarnyi Etimologicheskii Slovar` (1996).
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