Word: svietlana
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There are the Prince's favorite pointers, Dobrynia and Svietlana, gentle aristocrats to the tips of their fine tails. In a nearby Moscow woodyard lives Siedoi, a shaggy grey proletarian with a kind heart and a world of curiosity. His bitch, Sudorga, has the heart of a trollop. It is neither sad nor surprising when Siedoi, already a widely traveled dog, leaves her and roams away. Vaguely he is yearning for the beautiful Svietlana, whom he used to see through the gates of the Prince's mansion and whom he once ... a dizzying memory...
...Svietlana's pups are born at the Prince's country estate. And of course, Siedoi having been the father, there is a great scandal. But nothing can be done and the old Prince is kindly and forgiving, even to the rascally assistant kennelman Peter who left the gate open. And the summer passes with great happiness and much excitement, for it is known that the Grand Duke Nikita, the Tsar's viciously cruel old uncle,† has invited himself to hunt with the Prince in the autumn. He is coming with his whole hunting train...
Siedoi in his wanderings finds old Grigorii, a human companion of his youth. Together they perform the task of herdsman for the village on the Prince's estate. Thus it befalls that Siedoi does occasionally see lovely Svietlana again. Meantime he makes the acquaintance of various village dogs, Katok, the all-around hunter who belongs to the peasant boy Fedka; Riabtchik, the practically insane watchdog; and Tsygan, a watchdog who absolutely is insane, having lived always and only at the end of a chain in a dark stall...
...called Pirate, shot down to conserve food. He sees the rising of the villagers and peasants, His Majesty the People led by the now legless rascal Peter, and their march upon the Prince's estate, where they hang the Prince's dogs one by one (including lovely Svietlana!) and then hang the Prince and rape the maid and after ransacking the house, set it on fire. Life is then all confused and hungry and bitter and terrifying. Siedoi travels hither and yon-"His Excellency the Inspector of Railroads" he comes to be known as- until one day Fedka...
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