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Finally: yes. It is obvious.

Joachim, I can recommend you to imitate any kind of Russian vernacular pronunciation only if you plan to win the Best Humoristic Performance Award in Russia. Just imagine that you are in Moscow and...

Hmm... We have no sound records from that time and I am not a philologist so I am not sure if it is. But I have never heard if someone neglect this rule and say that it is old pronunciation. Actually...

I don't understand your question. "Akanye" = "аканье" is a vernacular defect of pronunciation in some regions of Russia. I think it was long before Lermontov and I don't think Lermontov used it....