{"id":573,"date":"2010-03-07T16:56:47","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T16:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=573"},"modified":"2010-03-07T17:04:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-07T17:04:04","slug":"%c2%ab%d1%8d%d1%82%d0%be-%d0%b2%d1%8b-%d0%b2%d1%81%d1%91-%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%ba%d0%b8-%d0%b6%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%e2%80%a6%c2%bb-answers-to-the-russian-poetry-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/%c2%ab%d1%8d%d1%82%d0%be-%d0%b2%d1%8b-%d0%b2%d1%81%d1%91-%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%ba%d0%b8-%d0%b6%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%e2%80%a6%c2%bb-answers-to-the-russian-poetry-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab\u042d\u0442\u043e \u0432\u044b \u0432\u0441\u0451-\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438 \u0436\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0438\u2026\u00bb: Answers to the Russian Poetry Quiz!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Remember the post here on March 2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 <strong>\u00ab\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e\u00bb<\/strong>: Russian Poetry Quiz! \u2013 which disappeared for a while <em>(but now it is back up on the blog, which the working link is living proof of)<\/em>. If you missed it the first time, feel free to have a look at it before reading the correct answers! <strong>\u00ab\u041d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043e \u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>-\u0442\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u00bb <\/strong>[one must have a conscience after all]! But if you read it the first time and couldn\u2019t guess any of the Russian poets, let alone figure out which lines from their poetry that had been so <strong>\u00ab\u0431\u0435\u0441\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [conscienceless, unconscionable, unscrupulous; unabashed, unashamed; Machiavellian] stolen and used by me, then of course \u2013 feel free to enjoy only an already solved quiz! Actually, we received many correct answers from the fans of our Russian club on Facebook <em>(have you joined us there yet? well, you should! it\u2019s fun!) <\/em>\u2013 the easiest quotes to figure out turned out to be from Alexandr\u00a0Pushkin (no surprise there), Mikhail Lermontov (after all, he\u2019s quoted four times), Afanasy Fet, Osip Mandel\u2019shtam and Marina Tsetaeva. However, no one could guess where in all of this were hidden the words of Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak and Varlam Shalamov. Well, as for Varlam Shalamov I\u2019m not the least surprised \u2013\u00a0 he is mostly known as a writer of prose both in Russia as well outside of it, even though he might have been <em>(in my strictly personal opinion)<\/em> more gifted as a poet. The correct answers come after the picture, so you have <strong>\u00ab\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [patience] and wait for it\u2026 And when it says <strong>\u00ab<\/strong><strong>\u0414\u0436\u043e\u0437\u0435\u0444<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [Josefina] after some of the lines this means that I am the writer behind them, and not a famous, actually qualified Russian poet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-574\" title=\"russian_elle\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/03\/russian_elle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/03\/russian_elle.jpg 280w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/03\/russian_elle-245x350.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>For some strange reason I really like this ad for Russian Elle currently on display everywhere in Russia. Perhaps because there\u2019s so much truth in what\u2019s written on these posters: <strong>\u00ab\u041f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span> \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0438!\u00bb<\/strong> [Let there always be a mini(skirt)!] and <strong>\u00ab\u041b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0448\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u0435\u0441 \u2013 \u0437\u0430\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0430 \u0434\u0438\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u043d\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0432!\u00bb<\/strong> [Excess weight \u2013 the designers\u2019 concern!]. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00ab\u0410 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u0432\u044b \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u043e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u0442\u044c?\u00bb<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>1. \u042f \u0441\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0430\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u043b\u0430,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u0447\u0442\u043e \u0445\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u2026 <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u041e\u0441\u0438\u043f \u041c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0442\u0430\u043c: \u00ab\u042f \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0430\u0431\u044b\u043b\u2026\u00bb]<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>2. \u0412\u0441\u0451 \u0438\u0437\u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u0438\u0437\u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u043e, <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0414\u0436\u043e\u0437\u0435\u0444\u0438\u043d\u0430]<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>3. \u0438 \u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0443 \u043f\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u2026 <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438\u043b \u041b\u0435\u0440\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432: \u00ab\u0418 \u0441\u043a\u0443\u0447\u043d\u043e, \u0438 \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e\u00bb]<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>4. \u0410 \u0441\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044c\u0435 \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u043b\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a \u0431\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0437\u043a\u043e? <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u041f\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0438\u043d: \u00ab\u0415\u0432\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u041e\u043d\u0435\u0433\u0438\u043d\u00bb]<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>5. \u041c\u044b \u043f\u043e\u043a\u043b\u043e\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u0435\u043c\u0441\u044f \u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0437\u043a\u043e \u2013 <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0414\u0436\u043e\u0437\u0435\u0444\u0438\u043d\u0430]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>6. \u0438 \u0441\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u043e, \u0438 \u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e, <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438\u043b \u041b\u0435\u0440\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432: \u00ab\u0418 \u0441\u043a\u0443\u0447\u043d\u043e, \u0438 \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e\u00bb]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>7. \u0441\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u043a\u0430 \u0443 \u043e\u043a\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span> \u0433\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442 \u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u043a\u043b\u043e. <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0430\u043b\u043b\u044e\u0437\u0438\u044f \u043a \u0440\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0443 \u0411\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0430 \u041f\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u00ab\u0414\u043e\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u0416\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0433\u043e\u00bb]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>8. \u0416\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u2013 \u043d\u0435 \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0435 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0439\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>. <\/em><\/strong><em>[<\/em><em>\u0411\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441 \u041f\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0430\u043a: \u00ab\u0413\u0430\u043c\u043b\u0435\u0442\u00bb<\/em><em>]<\/em><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>9. \u0410 \u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u044b \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0445<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u044f\u0442 \u2013 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u0448\u0438\u0435 \u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u044b! <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438\u043b \u041b\u0435\u0440\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432: \u00ab\u0418 \u0441\u043a\u0443\u0447\u043d\u043e, \u0438 \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e\u00bb]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>10. \u0421\u043a\u0432\u043e\u0437\u044c \u043f\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0437\u043c\u0443 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432, \u0447\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u043d\u0435\u0432\u0437\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u044b,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u00a0\u043d\u0435 \u0445\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043c\u044b <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u0438\u043c\u0441\u044f, \u0430 \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0438\u0434\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>. <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0414\u0436\u043e\u0437\u0435\u0444\u0438\u043d\u0430]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>11. \u041b\u044e\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044c \u0435\u0449<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span> \u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0435\u0442, \u0432 \u0434\u0443\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span> \u043c\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0439 <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u041f\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0438\u043d: \u00ab\u042f \u0432\u0430\u0441 \u043b\u044e\u0431\u0438\u043b\u2026\u00bb]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u043d\u0435 \u0443\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0430 \u043e\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span> \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043c, 12. \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0432 \u0440\u0443\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span> \u0442\u0432\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0439, <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0414\u0436\u043e\u0437\u0435\u0444\u0438\u043d\u0430]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>13. \u0432\u044b\u0445\u043e\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span> \u044f \u043e\u0434\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span> \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u0443, <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438\u043b \u041b\u0435\u0440\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432: \u00ab\u0412\u044b\u0445\u043e\u0436\u0443 \u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d \u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0443\u2026\u00bb]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>14. \u043d\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0430 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043f\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u0443. <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0414\u0436\u043e\u0437\u0435\u0444\u0438\u043d\u0430]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>15. \u041c\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u044f \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0438, <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u041c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0426\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430\u0435\u0432\u0430: \u00ab\u041c\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0432\u044b \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b \u043d\u0435 \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0439\u2026\u00bb]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>16. \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043c\u044b\u0441\u043b\u044c \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0441\u043f\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0437\u0430 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0438, <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0414\u0436\u043e\u0437\u0435\u0444\u0438\u043d\u0430]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u0438 \u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u044c\u044e 17. \u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u043f\u043e\u0442, \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u0434\u044b\u0445<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0410\u0444\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0439 \u0424\u0435\u0442: \u00ab\u0428\u0451\u043f\u043e\u0442, \u0440\u043e\u0431\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u0434\u044b\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435\u2026\u00bb]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>18. \u0436\u0434\u0451\u043c \u0438 \u0432\u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433 \u2013 19. \u0437\u0430\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>, \u0437\u0430\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span> \u0441\u0438<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f! <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0414\u0436\u043e\u0437\u0435\u0444\u0438\u043d\u0430] \/ [\u0410\u0444\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0439 \u0424\u0435\u0442\u00ab\u0428\u0451\u043f\u043e\u0442, \u0440\u043e\u0431\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u0434\u044b\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435\u2026\u00bb]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>20. \u041b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u0448\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u0447\u0438\u0442\u044c \u2013 \u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u0448\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u0432\u0441\u0451, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0434\u0430\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span> \u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u044c \u043c\u043d\u0435 <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0414\u0436\u043e\u0437\u0435\u0444\u0438\u043d\u0430]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>21. \u0432 \u043b\u044e\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044e<\/span> \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span> \u2013 <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0412\u0430\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043c \u0428\u0430\u043b\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0432: \u00ab\u042f \u0437\u0430\u0431\u044b\u043b \u043f\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0434\u0443 \u0434\u0435\u0442\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430\u2026\u00bb]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>22. \u0430\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e \u0432\u044b \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u043e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u0442\u044c? <\/em><\/strong><em>[\u0410\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u0410\u0445\u043c\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430: \u00ab\u0420\u0435\u043a\u0432\u0438\u0435\u043c\u00bb]<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">&#8220;But can you describe this?&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>I do not feel the word,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>that I wanted to say [Mandelstam],<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>everything changed changed nothing, [Josefina]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>and there\u2019s no one to give a hand\u2026 [Lermontov]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>But happiness was so close? [Pushkin]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>We bow our heads low \u2013 [Josefina]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>and it is boring, and it is sad, [Lermontov]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>the candle by the window burns dimly. [Pasternak\/Josefina]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>To live out life \u2013 is not a walk across a field. [Pasternak]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>But the years pass \u2013 the very best years! [Lermontov]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Through the prism of words, through misery, [Josefina]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>it is not to go we learn, but to walk. [Josefina]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Love may still be, in my soul [Pushkin]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>it has not faded yet, like in your hand, [Pushkin\/Josefina]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>I step out alone on the road, [Lermontov]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>but this threshold has not limit. [Josefina]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>I like that I\u2019m not aching with you, [Tsetaeva]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>that thought can be hidden behind words, [Josefina]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>and at night whisper, timid breathing [Josefina\/Fet]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>we wait and suddenly \u2013 the glow of dawn, dawn! [Josefina\/Fet]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Better not to finish \u2013 better to begin, [Josefina]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>all that I have and all I get [Josefina]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>in any country I love \u2013 [Shalamov]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>but can you describe this? [Akhmatova]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"245\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/03\/russian_elle-245x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/03\/russian_elle-245x350.jpg 245w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/03\/russian_elle.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><p>Remember the post here on March 2nd \u2013 \u00ab\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e\u00bb: Russian Poetry Quiz! \u2013 which disappeared for a while (but now it is back up on the blog, which the working link is living proof of). 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