Sputnik, Issue 8Novosti Press Agency., 1997 |
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Page 97
... duel be an Who will be the better for it , eh ? " Though this passage may seem like a parody it presents the clash of social attitudes domi- nant in two different eras . Grinev's heroic concept of duels appears ridiculous when it comes ...
... duel be an Who will be the better for it , eh ? " Though this passage may seem like a parody it presents the clash of social attitudes domi- nant in two different eras . Grinev's heroic concept of duels appears ridiculous when it comes ...
Page 107
... duels were the usual arrangement . The Russian duel had one terrible feature : the man who was to shoot second had the right to call the first shooter to the barrier and kill him point - blank . That was why experi- enced fighters tried ...
... duels were the usual arrangement . The Russian duel had one terrible feature : the man who was to shoot second had the right to call the first shooter to the barrier and kill him point - blank . That was why experi- enced fighters tried ...
Page 109
... duels . beginning of the 20th century saw just as many . Prime Minister Stolypin challenged Rodichev to a duel after this Constitutional Democratic MP used the phrase " Stolypin's necktie " , meaning the noose ( revolutionaries were ...
... duels . beginning of the 20th century saw just as many . Prime Minister Stolypin challenged Rodichev to a duel after this Constitutional Democratic MP used the phrase " Stolypin's necktie " , meaning the noose ( revolutionaries were ...
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