Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
ВОРОВСКИЕ ПИСЬМА
English translation:
seditious letters
Added to glossary by
Valery Kaminski
Jan 15, 2007 19:54
17 yrs ago
Russian term
Works in: English to Spanish, Russian to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, and 1 more.
ВОРОВСКИЕ ПИСЬМА
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Kak perevesti na angliisky vorovskie pisma???
Zaranee spasibo!
ВОРОВСКИЕ ПИСЬМА (грамоты), официальное правительственное название письменных обращений - призывов к восстаниям в России 17-18 вв.
Zaranee spasibo!
ВОРОВСКИЕ ПИСЬМА (грамоты), официальное правительственное название письменных обращений - призывов к восстаниям в России 17-18 вв.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | seditious letters |
Valery Kaminski
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| 3 | thieves' letters |
Henry Schroeder
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Proposed translations
+4
18 mins
Valery Kaminski
Belarus
Belarus
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
Belarus
Commitment and experience, here and now
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Belarusian to English, Russian to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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40
Selected
seditious letters
вор - in old Rusian a rebel against the tsar
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Note added at 26 мин (2007-01-15 20:20:30 GMT)
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"It took a longer time to put down the disturbances
in the remoter provinces, which had been
set going by news of the success of the
Streltsi, and by seditious letters from Mos-
cow"
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Note added at 48 мин (2007-01-15 20:42:55 GMT)
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http://www.amazon.com/phrase/seditious-letters/ref=sip_bod_4...
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Note added at 49 мин (2007-01-15 20:44:02 GMT)
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" ... Russian Rebels they spread their "seditious letters" as far and wide as circumstances allowed. But the revolts were diffuse, elemental, and destructive. They lacked a coherent program ... "
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Note added at 26 мин (2007-01-15 20:20:30 GMT)
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"It took a longer time to put down the disturbances
in the remoter provinces, which had been
set going by news of the success of the
Streltsi, and by seditious letters from Mos-
cow"
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Note added at 48 мин (2007-01-15 20:42:55 GMT)
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http://www.amazon.com/phrase/seditious-letters/ref=sip_bod_4...
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Note added at 49 мин (2007-01-15 20:44:02 GMT)
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" ... Russian Rebels they spread their "seditious letters" as far and wide as circumstances allowed. But the revolts were diffuse, elemental, and destructive. They lacked a coherent program ... "
Note from asker:
| Spasivo!!! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Olga Cartlidge
: "И ныне кидает по городам воровские письма. Болотникова прелестные письма протопоп показывал на торгу и читал их" "While they refused to buy the books from Moscow after 1658, they stage revolts, compile seditious letters and develop schemes with the..."
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Thank you!
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Alexander Demyanov
52 mins
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Thank you!
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Sergei Tumanov
1 hr
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Tatiana Nero (X)
2 days 2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gracias"
2 mins
Henry Schroeder
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
20 years of experience, certified, ATA
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
174
thieves' letters
?
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Note added at 5 mins (2007-01-15 19:59:51 GMT)
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Unless there's some hitch or cabalistic side to the question, which there might well be. The last question was делать погоду and that apparently means "to set the trend"...
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Note added at 47 mins (2007-01-15 20:41:25 GMT)
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bandits' letters might be another option, though Valery's is probably the best
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Note added at 5 mins (2007-01-15 19:59:51 GMT)
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Unless there's some hitch or cabalistic side to the question, which there might well be. The last question was делать погоду and that apparently means "to set the trend"...
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Note added at 47 mins (2007-01-15 20:41:25 GMT)
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bandits' letters might be another option, though Valery's is probably the best
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