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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. ↩ + 

One of Russia’s bravest and greatest generals in the war with Napoleon, 1812. ↩ + 

Roman Catholic priests are so called in Lithuania and Poland. ↩ + 

Schtoss is a sort of Russian hazard. ↩ + 

Yuri = George. ↩ + 

Roubashka (blouse). ↩ + 

The official newspaper of the Russian Army. ↩ + 

Professional floor-polisher. ↩ + 

A town and “government” in East Russia. ↩ + 

Corresponds to the Swedish smörgåsbord, and consists of a number of cold dishes and delicacies. ↩ + 

A national dish in Russia, consisting of a sort of buckwheat porridge baked in the oven in fireproof earthen vessels, which are put on the table. ↩ + 

In the time of Nicholas, sons of soldiers quartered or garrisoned in certain districts. They were liable to be called on to serve. ↩ + 

An old Slavonic character (l’schiza), only occurring in the Russian Bible and Ritual. ↩ + 

Nickname for Little Russians on account of their curious habit of cutting and fashioning their hair into a tuft (khokhol) on the crown. ↩ + 

An affectionate diminutive of George. ↩ + 

Sliva is the Russian for plum. ↩ + 

Arshin = 2.33 feet. ↩ + 

Pet name for Alexandra. ↩ + 

A light jacket worn in the hot weather. ↩ + 

The name given to Ivan the Terrible’s lifeguards and executioners. ↩ + 

Chinóvnik, Russian word for official. ↩ + 

Ivan Milostivni, one of the innumerable saints of the Greek Church. ↩ + 

The allusion is to the double eagle in the arms of Russia. ↩ + 

Vobla is a kind of fish of the size of Prussian carp, and is caught in the Volga. ↩ + 

Au revoir. ↩ + 

Untranslatable pun on the two last syllables of svidánia; Dania means Denmark, Schvezia, Sweden. ↩ + 