Day 113: In Lomonosov's Footsteps
In the village museum at Lomonosovo near Kholmogory, two students tell the museum keeper about the journey they are planning.
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Dialogue
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A
Здравствуйте! Мы студенты из Архангельска, хотим пройти пешком часть пути Ломоносова до Москвы.
Hello! We're students from Arkhangelsk, and we want to walk part of Lomonosov's route to Moscow.
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B
Не весь, конечно, километров двести, но зимой, как он. Подскажете, с чего начать?
Not all of it, of course, about two hundred kilometres, but in winter, like him. Could you tell us where to start?
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C
Зимой, говорите? Ломоносов, отправившись с рыбным обозом в декабре тысяча семьсот тридцатого, добирался до Москвы недели три.
In winter, you say? Lomonosov, setting off with a fish convoy in December 1730, took about three weeks to reach Moscow.
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A
Вот и мы хотим так же: в валенках, с рюкзаком, без телефонов, для чистоты эксперимента.
That's just what we want to do: in felt boots, with a rucksack, no phones, to keep the experiment pure.
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C
Без телефонов, молодые люди, это уже не эксперимент, а безрассудство. Ломоносов, между прочим, ночевал в избах, и обоз его кормил.
Without phones, young men, it's no longer an experiment but recklessness. Lomonosov, mind you, spent his nights in village huts, and the convoy fed him.
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B
А говорят, он будто бы тайком ушёл, заняв у соседа три рубля. Это правда?
And they say he supposedly left in secret, having borrowed three roubles from a neighbour. Is that true?
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C
По преданию, да. Впрочем, куда важнее, что он взял с собой две книги, которые потом называл вратами своей учёности.
So the story goes. But far more important is that he took two books with him, which he later called the gates of his learning.
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A
Красиво. А вы нам что посоветуете, кроме книг?
That's beautiful. And what would you advise us to take, apart from books?
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C
Эх, сынок, раз уж ты такой упрямый, бери шерстяные носки, две пары, и термос. Ибо учёным Ломоносов стал потом, а сначала он просто дошёл.
Ah, son, since you're so stubborn, take woollen socks, two pairs, and a thermos. For Lomonosov became a scholar later: first he simply got there.
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