EDNOTE. Alexey Sklyarenko of Saint Petersburg responds re Pnin's game Gorodki.

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To: NABOKV-L

 

By a fantastical coincidence, I came across a gorodoshyi kort (a court for playing gorodki), probably the only one in the city, in a rather secluded garden, on my way back from the library yesterday. A lone player was practicing the throws.

 

best,

Alexey