red1999
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who can read these cancels?
one cancel reads OMSK, but i cant decide on the second word...
the other is totally unkown to me
any help is welcome
stefan
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Lacplesis
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The right one is OMSK-KADISHEVO, AKMOLINSK OBLAST
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Gary
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The one on the left is Kelerovo, Vladimir prov.
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igorfmyask
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I have check several Russian/English dictionaries including one issued in 1910. There are translation of Russian administrative units:
Gubernia - Government
Oblast - Region
Uesd - District
Volost - Volost
I think we need to establish terminology.
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jlechtanski
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I think it best to just use the Russian administrative names.
We would also have to have translations for okrug, kray, etc.
An otdelenie is and otdelenie --when you use a translation, you loose precision.
How do you translate selo, sloboda, stanitsa, derevnya? -- village, village, village, village?
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IvoSteijn
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I'm a big fan of not translating too much. I've seen some terrible translations of "Ehkspeditsiya" for example, and it really is best to leave it
untranslated.
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igorfmyask
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I also see problems with translation and I have no idea how to translate "hutor" or "zimovka" but using of translitteration instead translation will
create problems for people who do not know Russian. By the way we translate into Russian "county" as "grafstvo" but who is "graf" (count)?
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Gary
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We also need to be sure the transliteration of the word is correct as well.
As far as translations, I will stay with guberniya=province for now. Of course we can also ignore some possibilities as those provided by the authors
and others below.
Vinokurov & Epstein, Russian Field Post in 1914-1918: guberniya is province
Kiryushkin & Robinson, Russian Postmarks an Introduction and Guide: guberniya is province
Russian-English Dictionary, A. I. Smirnitsky, published Moscow in 1991 by Russian Language: guberniya is province
Wikipedia, "Guberniya (Russian: ãóáeðíèÿ IPA: (also gubernia, guberniia, gubernya) was a major administrative subdivision of the Imperial Russia,
usually translated as governorate or province."
Encyclopedia Britannica,
"imperial Russia
...and the Towns (1785). Essentially, the reforms divided the empire's territory into provinces of roughly equal population; the division paid heed to
military considerations. Each of these units (guberniya) was put under the supervision and responsibility of a governor or governor-general acting in
the name of the ruler, with the right of direct communication with him."
Random House Unabridged Dictionary of 2006,
"gu·ber·ni·ya [goo-ber-nee-uh; Russ. goo-byer-nyi-yuh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. (in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
2. (in Russia before 1917) an administrative division equivalent to the province.
These terms all appear to be "administrative" units established by politicians in an attempt to create boundaries within which control exists.
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jlechtanski
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Unfortunately there are many transliteration systems in use.
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Gary
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Perhaps we could use the one listed on this site for entries in this Samovar? Whether anybody agrees that it is the best one is not the issue. Just a
thought...
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red1999
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thanks alot!
vladimir ist east of moscow while omsk is south of the ural
it would really be helpful to have a map of that time with all the cities, areas of that time... but it seems nothing is on the www
stefan
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