No Way Out at the Entrance. Дмитрий Емец

is the Federal Defence Force of Germany.

      7

      The original Lada Niva was the first Russian/Soviet built off-road vehicle. The present Chevrolet Niva is a mini SUV.

      8

      Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966), pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, one of the most acclaimed modernist poets of the Silver Age.

      9

      Satyricon was a Russian weekly satirical magazine (1908-14).

      10

      The distinctive characteristic of a shallow placement subway station in Moscow is its depth underground – just below the frost line.

      11

      Grandfather Frost is the Slavic equivalent of Santa Claus, bringing gifts to children at New Year's Eve parties and New Year celebrations.

      12

      The Unsmiling Princess is a well-known Slavic fairy tale about a princess who does not find anything to smile about or laugh at, so her father promises that whoever can make his daughter smile will be able to marry her.

      13

      Both the Koltsevaya (Ring) Line and Zamoskvoretskaya (the other side of the Moscow River) Line have a Belorusskaya (Belarus) Station, with a passageway linking them. This is where passengers transfer from one line to the other. The station on the Zamoskvoretskaya is called Belorusskaya-Radialnaya (Radial).

      14

      The Mayakovskaya Station is one of the most famous subway stations in the world. Opened in 1938, it was the world’s first deep column station and its Art Deco design won the Grand Prix at the 1939 International Exhibition in New York.

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

1

An onager was a siege engine of the Roman Empire, basically an ancient military catapult for throwing stones.

2

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, commonly known as Vegetius, was a writer of the Roman Empire. One of his two surviving works is Epitoma rei militaris or De Re Militari, a Roman military treatise.

3

Two rounds, two minutes each.

4

A play on words in Russian: the Russian word for light is svet while Sveta is a girl’s name.

5

In boxing training, there is no necessity for a knockout if the opponent is dazed.

6

Bundeswehr is the Federal Defence Force of Germany.

7

The original Lada Niva was the first Russian/Soviet built off-road vehicle. The present Chevrolet Niva is a mini SUV.

8

Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966), pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, one of the most acclaimed modernist poets of the Silver Age.

9

Satyricon was a Russian weekly satirical magazine (1908-14).

10

The distinctive characteristic of a shallow placement subway station in Moscow is its depth underground – just below the frost line.

11

Grandfather Frost is the Slavic equivalent of Santa Claus, bringing gifts to children at New Year's Eve parties and New Year celebrations.

12

The Unsmiling Princess is a well-known Slavic fairy tale about a princess who does not find anything to smile about or laugh at, so her father promises that whoever can make his daughter smile will be able to marry her.

13

Both the Koltsevaya (Ring) Line and Zamoskvoretskaya (the other side of the Moscow River) Line have a Belorusskaya (Belarus) Station, with a passageway linking them. This is where passengers transfer from one line to the other. The station on the Zamoskvoretskaya is called Belorusskaya-Radialnaya (Radial).

14

The Mayakovskaya Station is one of the most famous subway stations in the world. Opened in 1938, it was the world’s first deep column station and its Art Deco design won the Grand Prix at the 1939 International Exhibition in New York.