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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
покрови́тельство • (pokrovítelʹstvo) n inan (genitive покрови́тельства, uncountable)
- patronage, protection
под покрови́тельством- pod pokrovítelʹstvom
- under the patronage/protection
1834, Александр Пушкин, Кирджали; English translation from Thomas Keane, transl., Kirdjali, 1916:Около шестисот арнаутов рассыпались по Бессарабии; не ведая, чем себя прокормить, они всё ж были благодарны России за её покровительство.- Okolo šestisot arnautov rassypalisʹ po Bessarabii; ne vedaja, čem sebja prokormitʹ, oni vsjo ž byli blagodarny Rossii za jejó pokrovitelʹstvo.
- About six hundred Arnouts were dispersed throughout Bessarabia; and though not knowing how to support themselves, they were yet grateful to Russia for her protection.
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