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    The Stationmaster - "в оную свою"

    "Кто, в минуту гнева, не требовал от них роковой книги, дабы вписать в оную свою бесполезную жалобу на притеснение, грубость и неисправность?"

    This is the second sentence of Pushkin's book "Станционный Смотритель." In the book I have, this story comes with twelve others with a translation on the adjacent page. But I don't understand the part where it says "в оную свою." Could someone please help me?

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    оный - archaic word for 'that' ,
    here вписать в оную = вписать в нёё, вписать в эту книгу
    (оный is not an every day speech word, it's old enough)

    свой is not related to оную, but to жалобу . So свою жалобу means their complaint (his/her complaint)

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexsms View Post
    свой is not related to оную, but to жалобу . So свою жалобу means their complaint (his/her complaint)
    I think English has exactly the same construction: their own complain

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexsms View Post
    оный - archaic word for 'that' ,
    here вписать в оную = вписать в нёё, вписать в эту книгу
    (оный is not an every day speech word, it's old enough)

    свой is not related to оную, but to жалобу . So свою жалобу means their complaint (his/her complaint)
    Спасибо за помочь

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