A short story written in this language is titled for a civil servant-slash-madman who thinks he is the king of Spain.
It is not Latin, but poetry in this language peaked during the Silver Age. Franz Kafka imitated a story written in this language in which a doctor spends three sleepless nights tending a patient. A short story written in this language is titled for a civil servant-slash-madman who thinks he is the king of Spain. A clerk haunts a general after he is killed by ruffians trying to steal his (*) coat in a story in this language. Isaac Babel wrote in this language. The Sportsman's Sketches are written in this language, as was the short story "The Nose". For 10 points, name this language used by Ivan Turgenev and Nikolai Gogol.
It is not Latin, but poetry in this language peaked during the Silver Age.
Russian [or russkiy yazyk]