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LIST OF RUSSIAN NAMES

With stress-accents marked to show which syllable should be emphasized.

Dómna, a cook in Tolstoy's house.
 Leo Tolstóy, the author.
 Yásnaya Polyána, his estate.

Anna Prókhorova, a peasant woman.
 Ánnushka, a servant.
 Desyatína, a land measure, about 2·7 acres.
 Dúmchin, an ex-Marshal of the Nobility.
 Eugene Ivánich Irténev (Jénya), a landed-proprietor.
 Fëdor Zakhárich Pryánishnikov, a gentleman.
 Iván (Ványa), a clerk.
 Kabúshka, a mare.
 Kalériya Vladímirovna Esípova, a lady.
 Koltóvski, an estate.
 Liza Ánnenskaya, Eugene's wife.
 Mary Pávlovna Irtényeva, Eugene's mother.
 Matvéy, a peasant.
 Misha, a man-servant.
 Nicholas Lysúkh, a servant.
 Nikoláy Semënich, a doctor.
 Parásha, a servant.
 Samókhin, a labourer.
 Semënovskoe, a village.
 Sídor Péchnikov, a peasant.
 Stepanída Péchnikova, Sídor's wife.
 Tánya, a girl.
 Varára Alexéevna Ánnenskaya, Liza's mother.
 Vasíli Nikoláich, a steward.
 Vásin, a peasant.
 Yálta, a town in the Crimea.
 Zémstvo, a Local Government institution.
 Zenóvi, a peasant.
ë is pronounced as yo.

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