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Izba (peasant hut)
izba
also: изба
The standard log peasant house of rural Russia and Siberia, heated by a stove; the narrator's rented izba near Krasnoyarsk, smoky when the stove is lit and smelling of sheepskin, is the cramped setting of his letter and of the sleepless night described in it.
Reading notes
- Whining (A Letter from Far Away) §3 an aching in every limb
The narrator's lodging is repeatedly called an izba (rendered here as "hut"), the standard log peasant house of rural Russia and Siberia, heated by a stove whose smoke ("chadno") and the smell of sheepskin bedding are part of the physical discomfort of his exile.
- A Romance with a Double Bass §17 избы
An izba is a traditional Russian peasant log house; Smychkov's plan to reach "the first izba" reflects the countryside setting just outside the prince's more fashionable dacha grounds.
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