Bilibin

That the diplomat Bilibin, for example, speaks by preference in French and says in Russian "only those words he wanted to underscore contemptuously" marks him out as a well-known cultural stereotype that readers would have easily recognized: the Russian who would rather be French.

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The discoverer of gold in Kolyma, Y.A. Bilibin, loved the works of Jack London.

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Bilibin — who now in Petersburg was quite at home in

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Prince Andrew stayed at Brunn with Bilibin, a Russian acquaintance of his in the diplomatic service.

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“Buonaparte?” said Bilibin inquiringly, puckering up his forehead to indicate that he was about to say something witty.

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Bilibin smiled and the wrinkles on his face disappeared.

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Bilibin, who, till then, had listened with an amused smile to their conversation and now was evidently ready with a joke.

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It was a closely written letter of two sheets from Bilibin.

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“When speaking to the Emperor, try as far as you can to praise the way that provisions are supplied and the routes indicated,” said Bilibin, accompanying him to the hall.

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Bilibin shrugged his shoulders, as much as to say that not even he could help in that difficulty.

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