in the city of N

[Sarah Hurst]

Дама с собачкой - Yalta.

Sarah Hurst


On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Michele A Berdy <maberdy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear SEELANGers
>
> An internet friend with an engaging blog called LanguageHat posed a
> question a few days ago that I'm embarrassed to say I don't know the answer
> to and in fact never thought to ask. He asked why Russian authors writing
> about provincial cities called them "N" (or S, etc.). Beyond "it's a
> convention" and "it gives an air of verisimilitude" - I have no idea. Where
> did this convention come from? Has anyone written about this?
>
>
>
> The second question that followed: can anyone think of pre-revolutionary
> Russian fiction about provincial cities (other than St. Petersburg and
> Moscow) where the city is identified?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Michele Berdy
>
>
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