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  • In pre-revolutionary times, men were gospodin, sudar or barin (sir); and women were gospozha, sudarynya or barynya (madam).

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  • In pre-revolutionary times, men were gospodin, sudar or barin (sir); and women were gospozha, sudarynya or barynya (madam).

    Comrades and gentlemen 2007

  • In pre-revolutionary times, men were gospodin, sudar or barin (sir); and women were gospozha, sudarynya or barynya (madam).

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  • 'She drove on the Nevsky with me long before she ever saw you; didn't you, _barynya_? and the Liteinaya,' and so on till he has enumerated more streets than I have ever heard of.

    Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

  • "Please, _barynya_, * how much did you pay that robber?"

    Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

  • "Oh, _barynya_, they have cheated you, cheated you shamefully!

    Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

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