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Рукопись Петра Андреевича Гринева доставлена была нам от одного из его внуков, который узнал, что мы заняты были трудом, относящимся ко временам, описанным его дедом. Мы решились, с разрешения родственников, издать ее особо, приискав к каждой главе приличный эпиграф и дозволив себе переменить некоторые собственные имена. The manuscript of Pyotr Andreyich Grinyov was delivered to us from one of his grandsons who learned that we were occupied with a work concerning the times depicted by his grandfather. We decided, by his relatives' permission, to publish it as a separate edition, having provided befitting epigraphs for every chapter and allowing ourselves to change some of the proper names.
Pyotr Andreyich Grinyov's manuscript was delivered to us from one of his grandsons who had learned that we were occupied with a work concerning the times depicted by his grandfather. We decided, with his relatives' permission, to publish it as a separate edition, adding appropriate epigraphs to each chapter and changing some of the names.