Word: muslenitsa
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...worth, but doesn't put on airs. He has an open Russian face, not necessarily with an uplifted bulbous nose. He also has an open soul. He is not cold like Petersburg people-he is passionate and sincere. He keeps all holidays and fast days, but during Muslenitsa (butterdish time; i.e., carnival) he stuffs himself with bliny, drinks beer and vodka until he is dizzy, rides around in sleighs, shouts, plays the accordion and-sins. A Muscovite says, 'If one doesn't sin one cannot repent, and if one doesn't repent one cannot be saved...
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