Some readers may think that my anagrams have little to do with
Ada. Perhaps, the simple anagram below will make the sceptics change
their minds:
КНЯЗЬ
ВЯЗЕМСКИЙ = ВЯЗ + ЗЕМСКИЙ + КАЗНЬ + Я – АЗ
князь Вяземский - Prince Pyotr Vyazemski (1792-1878), a
poet and memoirist, Pushkin's friend
вяз - elm
Земский - Prince Peter Zemski (1772-1832), Van's and
Ada's great-grandfather
казнь - execution; the original title of VN's Invitation
to a Beheading is "Приглашение на казнь"
я - I, and the last letter of the Russian
alphabet
аз - obs., I, and the letter A in the old
Russian alphabet
Not only Vyazemski, but also Delvig (Pushkin's closest
friend) and Denis Davydov, are, like Pushkin and Lermontov, parts of my
"charadoid".
Alexey Sklyarenko
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