Two more Bazhov questions

[Paul B. Gallagher]

R. M. Cleminson wrote:

> Buy yourself a copy of Dal's dictionary and look it up.
>
> You will find: МѢСТО [...] || (Въ клади, грузѣ:) кипа, тюкъ, ящикъ,
> связка, штука, не опредѣляя вѣса.
>
> This should not come as a surprise if you have ever travelled and
> been asked сколько мест багажа you have.

The word is also in common use in commercial contexts when speaking of 
the number of pieces (boxes, crates, etc.) in a shipment, where we would 
mark a box (for example) "box 4 of 7," etc. In this sense, it's 
equivalent to штука багажа (груза).

-- 
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--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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