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Tam jestʹ gde razvernútʹ xolódnyje krýlʹja, a zdesʹ tebé dúšno i tesno, kak orlú, kotóryj s kríkom bʹjótsja o rešótku želéznoj svojéj klétki.
1916 translation by J.H. Wisdom, Marr Murray
There mayest thou unfold thy cold wings, but here thou art stifled and confined, like an eagle beating his wings, with a shriek, against the grating of his iron cage!
The range of species referred to as орёл(orjól) is smaller than the range of species referred to as eagles in English. For example, the bald eagle and other members of Haliaeetus genus are referred to as орла́н(orlán), not орёл(orjól).
The terms орёл(orjól) and ре́шка(réška) are applicable only to coins which, like Russia's coinage, have a coat of arms on one side and something else (e.g. the portrait of the head of state or the value of the coin) on the other. The terms аве́рс(avérs) and ре́верс(révers) are more universally applicable, but used mainly in numismatics.
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “орёл”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “орёл”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 604
