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Old December 22, 2009   #24
GunnarSK
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Shapka Monomakha is of course right, but the translation to English is not. instead of Monomakha's (hat) it should say Monomakh's (whatever), as "a" in Russian is a declination ending (Genitive) a not a part of the word/name.
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