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Yes, another mistake from me... Thanks

That's strange, not what I expected.
Just as a sentence on it's own, wouldn't 'толпа' be nominative? (In the second sentence, not the first as someone/something has to be 'passing' in the first one.)

Thanks again, maxmixiv.

минуя толпу народа passing (present adverbial participle) the crowd of people
минующий толпа народа the passing (present active participle) crowd of...

Thanks, that's about what I thought too.

'Кавалерийская ала, забирая всё шире рыси, вылетела на площадь, чтобы пересечь её в сторонке, минуя скопище народа, и по переулку под каменной стеной, по которой стлался виноград, кратчайшей дорогой...