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Subject: Re: Russian Names In "Crime and Punishment"
Author: A Girl From Russia   (guest, 81.195.21.4)
Date: March 14, 2005 at 10:21:50 AM
Reply to: Russian Names In "Crime and Punishment" by Kelli
Luzhin, Zosimov and Svidrigaylov are not names, but surnames.
Luzhin derived either from word meaning "puddle" or from word meaning "meadow".
Zosimov means "son of Zosim(a)"

PS: sorry for my bad English.

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