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Instrumental for genitive construction

In a poem by Anna Akhmatova, we read: В таком году произошло бы то-то, А в этом — это: ездить, видеть, думать, И вспоминать, и в новую любовь Входить, как в зеркало, с тупым сознаньем Измены и еще вч …
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Animate accusative for countries

In Трава и камни by Boris Pasternak we read: С действительностью иллюзию, С растительностью гранит Так сблизили Польша и Грузия, Что это обеих роднит. I'm surprised by "обеих". I would have expected …
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депутат followed by a feminine name

Reading a newspaper article published today I was confused by the following sentence: Об этом 20 мая заявила депутат парламента, исполнительный секретарь исполкома оппозиционного блока «Победа» Марин …
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"что" as a relative pronoun

In these verses by Marina Tsvetaeva: Та, что без видения спала — Вздрогнула и встала. I don't quite understand why we have "что" and not "кто". I thought that only "кто" could be used as a subject, …
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Interpretation of the construction: начать — не + [perfective infinitive]

In Вокзал by Boris Pasternak, we have this verse: Начать — не исчислить заслуг. After начать, I'd expect an infinitive or a noun. I tried to guess what this means and I was wondering whether исчисля …
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What is скорбну from a grammatical viewpoint?

In Сонет by Pushkin, we have this verse: Им скорбну мысль Камоэнс облекал Why do we have скорбну and not скобную? I don't understand what скорбну is from a grammatical viewpoint.
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The verb был followed by another verb

In Цицерон by Fyodor Tyutchev, we have these verses: «Я поздно встал — и на дороге Застигнут ночью Рима был!» My guess is that it means more or less the same as: «Я поздно встал — и на дороге застиг …
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Ambiguity of personal pronouns

In the following verses by Boris Pasternak: Таким я вижу облик ваш и взгляд. Он мне внушен не тем столбом из соли, from the poem Анне Ахматовой, I don't understand why we have "Он мне внушен" and no …
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ничей versus ничьего

In Руслан и Людмила by Pushkin we have: Еще ничей в его обитель Не проникал доныне взор; If I understand well, ничей is a complement of взор and thus ничей should refer to an animate being but I tho …
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What does "что" mean in the proverb "Людская молва — что морская волна"?

I don't understand the use of "что" in this proverb found in some dictionary. I read it like: "Людская молва - морская волна." or like: "Людская молва - как морская волна." or like: ""Людская молва - …
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How to parse the expression "в уровень кадке с"?

In Мой Пушкин by Marina Tsvetaeva, we have сидела под роялем, затылком в уровень кадке с филодендроном If we had "затылком в уровень с филодендроном", I would understand as "the neck at the level of …
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Stress on the verbs like сердить and пустить

Regular verbs that end in и́ть in the infinitive (the stress is on the final syllable) and in ишь in the second person singular, may have a fixed stress (like говори́ть - ты говори́шь) or a non-fixed …
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