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Blini (memorial meal)

blini

also: блины

Thin Russian pancakes, a traditional dish served at the Orthodox funeral memorial meal (pominki) as well as at Maslenitsa; their round golden appearance here prompts a mourner's morbid comparison to the deceased's rosy cheeks.

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At the Post Office §2 blini
Thin Russian pancakes, a staple of the funeral memorial meal (*pominki*) as well as of Maslenitsa; their round, golden appearance prompts the widower's morbid comparison to his late wife's rosy cheeks.

Mentioned in 13 works (26 mentions)

Poems and Dubia (school-age and disputed juvenilia) Juvenilia · 2 mentions

At the Post Office Stories · 2 mentions

The Foolish Frenchman Stories · 8 mentions

On the Transience of Things Stories · 2 mentions

On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco Plays · 1 mention

§12 blini

To R. R. Golike, 20 February 1886. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§3 blini

To Al. P. Chekhov, 19–20 February 1887. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§8 blini

To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 23 January 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§9 blini

To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 23 February 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§6 blini

To M. V. Kiseleva, 17 February 1889. Moscow. letter · 2 mentions

Notebooks. Diaries Notebooks · 2 mentions

To V. A. Tikhonov, 24 January 1892. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§3 blini

From the Notebook of Ivan Ivanych (Thoughts and Notes) Stories · 2 mentions