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Author : Leo Tolstoy

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1. One hundred kopecks make a ruble. The kopeck is worth about half a cent.

2. A non-intoxicating drink usually made from rye-malt and rye-flour.

3. The brick oven in a Russian peasant’s hut is usually built so as to leave a flat top, large enough to lie on, for those who want to sleep in a warm place.

4. 120 “desyatins.” The “desyatina” is properly 2.7 acres; but in this story round numbers are used.

5. Three rubles per “desyatina.”

6. Five “kopecks” for a “desyatina.”


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     Notes -- Publication : November 30, 1884

     Notes -- Added : May 31, 2021

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