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    Kak skazat' pa-angliyskiy "kurgan"

    As in "Mayemev Kurgan" in Volgagrad.

    Hmmm...what does "mayemev" mean as well?

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    Mamayev Mound, may be?
    Mamay (Мамай) is a Tatar khan, one of the leader of the Tatar yoke in Russia.

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    kurgan=burial mound, barrow
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    The adjective derived from мамай is мамаев. Just like Сергей=сергеев. If it's masculine, that is. If it's feminine, then the suffix is -ин-, as in сукин сын.

    (just testing to see whether that makes it thru the filters!)

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    wow. impressive
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    Yea, when I finally go to Russia, that's stop #3.

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