Names of Historical Events

[Josh Wilson - SRAS]

Dear Colleagues,

I've just translated a course syllabus, but am unsure of exactly how the 
historical events I have translated are most often (or most correctly) 
written in English.  Some of them are Chinese events or names, which were 
rendered into Russian first, then transliterated by me to English (how's 
that for a mess?)  Any advice that could be sent me off-list would be 
appreciated.

The events/names in question:
the Nerchinskii Treaty
the Kyatinskovo Treaty
the Iliiskii Crises
the Sin'khaiskii Revolution

Context of how I used them can be found here:
http://www.sras.org/popup_program.phtml?m=116

Thanks!

Josh Wilson
Vice Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
www.sras.org
jwilson at sras.org


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek C. Maus" <mausdc at potsdam.edu>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] best examples of Russian comedy


> Some things that jump immediately to mind:
>
> *  _The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin_ by
> Vladimir Voinovich.
>
> *  Just about anything by M. Saltykov-Shchedrin (his short tales teach
> especially well, and bridge the gap between Gogol and Zoshchenko well)
>
> *  For darker comedy (downright gloomy at times), Vasily Aksyonov's "The
> Steel Bird" or, if you're feeling ambitious, _The Island of Crimea_ are
> very approachable for Western readers
>
> *  Personally, I find Sergei Dovlatov's _The Compromise_ to be a brilliant
> comic satire, but I'd bet the farm it's out-of-print
>
> * For something more contemporary, but dense, dense, dense for those not
> familiar with contemporary Russian culture, Viktor Pelevin's _Homo
> Zapiens_ is rife with Gogolian comic passages.
>
> *  Many of Mayakovsky's dramatic works (and a good deal of his poetry)
> work well to teach as absurdist satires in the service of the Revolution
>
> Hope that's of some use.
>
>           Derek
>
> -------------------------------
>         Derek C. Maus
>         Assistant Professor of English
>               and Literature Program Co-ordinator
>         SUNY College at Potsdam
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