Help with "Three Sisters"

Fri Mar 9 16:20:47 UTC 2001

>The meèane were townsfolk ...  They were a "lower" class
>without political rights and subject to corporal punishment, but at least
>not tied to the land,

There is a novel by Pisemsky "Meshchane".

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Alina Israeli
LFS, American University                phone:  (202) 885-2387
4400 Mass. Ave., NW                     fax:    (202) 885-1076
Washington, DC 20016

aisrael at american.edu

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