May I give u an advice? I used in my past studies a very beautiful book teaching HOW TO USE RUSSIAN for people who already learned it and wanted to travel in...
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aldo
turanomar@...
Apr 30, 2009 8:28 pm
Bryshnia is practically a contraction of BOJARYCHNIA i.e. the feminine gender of Bojar. Then it was used for a non married young woman and later on as MISS...
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Yevgeniya Pechenaya
ladie_lada
Apr 30, 2009 8:15 pm
well.. Baryshnya in period was a unmarried woman, possibly of middle calls(merchants) if I'm not mistaken. This guy is the modern version which would be a...
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Sfandra
Seonaid13
Apr 30, 2009 8:07 pm
What does "baryshnya" mean? :D Because of my "interests" on LiveJournal, I sometimes get interesting messages. I sometimes wonder if I'm getting pings from...
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Jennifer Nelson Kemp
jln8817
Apr 23, 2009 4:10 am
Thank you! My transliteration was failing me! Ianuk On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Yevgeniya Pechenaya...
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Yevgeniya Pechenaya
ladie_lada
Apr 23, 2009 3:48 am
Visochnye kol'tza Височные кольца This is a plural form Lada Oooooh... SHINY! ... From: Jennifer Nelson Kemp <lady.ianuk@...> Subject:...
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Jennifer Nelson Kemp
jln8817
Apr 23, 2009 3:36 am
Okay, I'm trying to read through the captions in the Drevnia Rus and I'm stuck. Sofya, you've given us great translations of the pages but what is the word or...
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Patoodle@...
patoodle2001
Apr 22, 2009 2:51 am
Hi, everybody -- (1) I have started a research blog at http://ladypatriciaoftrakai.blogspot.com/. I probably won't update it more than a few times a month, but...
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Yevgeniya Pechenaya
ladie_lada
Apr 17, 2009 4:07 pm
It's that time of the year again! I walked last year and had a great time with friends supporting a truly worthy cause. I'll be walking again this year. Please...
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Paul W Goldschmidt
goldschp
Apr 15, 2009 12:59 pm
Greetings SIG: The Spring issue of Slovo is now available at the SIG website. Regards, Paul Wickenden (for SIG)...
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aldo
turanomar@...
Apr 15, 2009 7:40 am
wHAT CAN i SAY! tHANK U VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORDS ALTOGETHER! I have transfered ur story and the whole text in my wall of FACEBOOK and also turned it to the...
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Suzanne
sovagris
Apr 15, 2009 5:00 am
Dear Aldo, and group, I have some small knowledge of what happens when your community has been hard hit by natural disasters. We lived in New Mexico during...
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aldo
turanomar@...
Apr 11, 2009 10:02 am
Tks for your heartily reply but actually neither I nor anybody else (left Red Cross alone) could do anything concrete WITH MONEY. My message was aiming at...
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tatiana_moskovskaia
tatiana_mosk...
Apr 11, 2009 3:44 am
Thank you, Sofya! The book I mentioned had no historical background, so I was not sure if I could trust it. I was hoping,though, that "biser" (бисер) or...
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Catherine Olanich Ray...
cathyr19355
Apr 10, 2009 6:02 pm
... Could you post the photo in the SIG Group Photos section? -- Cathy Raymond <cathy@...> "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is...
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Sfandra
Seonaid13
Apr 10, 2009 3:14 pm
... Ah! A fortuitous find at Pennsic last year. There was a merchant on the corner closest to the A&S tents... Next to Auntie Arwens I think... Oh geez. I...
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Su Ralston
suralston
Apr 10, 2009 2:23 pm
One question and one request - Sfandra - I did more snooping through your flickr photos - where did you get the pierced metal band you used for the base of the...
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Su Ralston
suralston
Apr 10, 2009 2:19 pm
Aldo wrote: <snipped>What could I do for them who are now just staring at the ruins of their homes? All recollections and in part also some of their relatives...
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L.M. Kies
sofyalarus
Apr 10, 2009 1:08 pm
Greetings from Sofya, A wide variety of beads were used for jewelry in Rus, and probably on clothing as a substitute for precious stones. Check out Liudmila's...
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Catherine Olanich Ray...
cathyr19355
Apr 10, 2009 2:18 am
... You are right. We grieve for them, and pray for those who are left to start over. -- Cathy Raymond <cathy@...> "Doubt is not a pleasant condition,...
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Catherine Olanich Ray...
cathyr19355
Apr 10, 2009 1:39 am
... Great! xe.com says that the 1500 ruble pair is about $45 USD, and the 510 pair is $15 USD. I made a fairly primitive set of rings with silver wire hoops...
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Yevgeniya Pechenaya
ladie_lada
Apr 9, 2009 10:18 pm
They got some really interesting books too... *Drools* I really wish i had a few extra days off to make a trip out to Moscow to go to the store in person......
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Jennifer Nelson Kemp
jln8817
Apr 9, 2009 8:24 pm
Maybe, the text talks about the fibers that were found with it and the archeological sketch shows the "ribbon" method of attachment. When you compare the...
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Sfandra
Seonaid13
Apr 9, 2009 8:14 pm
So, I'm liking (ok, i'm slobbering over) these: http://www.mear-drevnostey.ru/index.php?productID=1989 And I'm comparing them against the Vyatichi...
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Jennifer Nelson Kemp
jln8817
Apr 9, 2009 7:41 pm
I think these are the guys that "The Viking You Like" buys from....they look the same and have the same errors the one's I purchased from them. By errors, they...
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Barbara
tatjanatiger
Apr 9, 2009 6:34 pm
I'd be willing to go in on an order! I won't be at Pennsic however, and I'm in Nebraska.... Mir! Tatjana "It's never too late to be what you might have been."...
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Yevgeniya Pechenaya
ladie_lada
Apr 9, 2009 6:19 pm
Those are exactly the one is was looking at. :) I'm going to contact the store and see if they'd be able to do an international shipping. Sfandra, where are...
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Sfandra
Seonaid13
Apr 9, 2009 5:27 pm
WOW, Lada, those prices are EXCELLENT. 1500rubles for the silver Viatichi ones is a fantastic price. That's about $45 USD. Hm, I might want to get...
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aldo
turanomar@...
Apr 9, 2009 4:32 pm
I am very sorry to break in with something unhappy that has hit us all here in Italy. I believe anyhow that your sensitiveness and understanding will be...
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tatiana_moskovskaia
tatiana_mosk...
Apr 9, 2009 3:20 pm
Since we are on the topic of beads and jewelry, I have a question. What kind of beads are good to use, other then pearls? I've read in one jewelry making book...
