As one Minsk resident put it to me, he's a "Slavic Castro".
The Bulgars– that is, the people who live in Bulgaria now– are a Slavic people.
Some Russians think, a touch optimistically, that the currency they plan to share with Belarus will be a "Slavic euro".
Bulgarian is a Slavic tongue, as close to Russian as Danish is to Swedish.Each has a sizeable ethnic minority from a neighbour.
Vampires in particular featured heavily in the ratings; this should be a source of delight for us, as vampires are a Slavic invention.
Benjamin Paloff is a Slavic scholar deeply immersed in the work of Russian and Polish poets, including Zbigniew Herbert and Czeslaw Milosz, among others, so we had lots to talk about.
Miss Mend, a typist for a cork factory (Rocfeller & Company), is a Slavic Pearl White in pencil skirt and black stockings, radicalized when she witnesses a strike brutally repressed by her employers.
"She is extraordinarily generous with the creativity, respect and intellectual precision she brings to the causes, communities and people she champions". Robertson, of Lombard, Illinois, is a Slavic languages and literatures major who is also pursuing certificates in theater, and Russian, East European and Eurasian studies.
And there is a Slavic myth about Zmey Gorynych – a three-headed dragon.
And, you do realize there's a Slavic and Eurasian Studies Program at Duke, don't you?
