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Russian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Петро́вский о́стров • (Petróvskij óstrov) m inan (genitive Петро́вского о́строва)
- Petrovsky Island (an island in Saint Petersburg, Russia)
1866, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть I, Глава V”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:Он пошёл домо́й; но дойдя́ уже́ до Петро́вского о́строва, останови́лся в по́лном изнеможе́нии, сошёл с доро́ги, вошёл в кусты́, пал на траву́ и в ту же мину́ту засну́л.- On pošól domój; no dojdjá užé do Petróvskovo óstrova, ostanovílsja v pólnom iznemožénii, sošól s dorógi, vošól v kustý, pal na travú i v tu že minútu zasnúl.
- He turned homewards, but reaching Petrovsky Ostrov he stopped completely exhausted, turned off the road into the bushes, sank down upon the grass and instantly fell asleep.
Declension