Pochtovoi stantsii diktator

[jwr]

Dear Frans,

Thank you very much, for the reference and the note about EO.

Best wishes,

John
On Oct 4, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Frans Suasso wrote:

> Op 4-10-2010 14:28, jwr schreef:
>> Dear colleagues,
>> 
>> As an epigraph for Stantsionnyi smotritel', Pushkin chose a couplet he identifies as from Viazemskii. It runs something like this:
>> 
>> "Kollezhskii registrator,
>> Pochtovoi stantsii diktator"
>> 
>> The commentaries to the PSS do not identify the source of this quotation, but perhaps someone here can?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> John
>> 
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>> John Randolph
>> 
>> Associate Professor
>> 
>> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>> https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jwr/www/
>> https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jwr/www/audiohistory/index.html
>> 
>> 
>> Mailing Address:
>> Department of History
>> University of Illinois
>> 309 Gregory Hall, MC-466
>> 810 S. Wright St.
>> Urbana, IL 61801
>> 
>> e-mailjwr at uiuc.edu
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>>  Pushkin twice refers to VjaZemski's  Станция  (Stancija).
> In the mentionesd epitaph and in EO VII , 34
> 
> 
> I cannot copy the link to Vjazemski's Stancija for reasons beyond my understanding.
> 
> Just google for it in Cyrillic.
> 
> 
> Frans Suasso
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John Randolph

Associate Professor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Mailing Address:
Department of History
University of Illinois
309 Gregory Hall, MC-466
810 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801

e-mail jwr at uiuc.edu

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