Рубини + контрапункт + р = Бунин + Куприн + трактор
 
Рубини - Dr Rubini (whose method of walking under his client's windows Barboshin follows)
контрапункт - counterpoint
Бунин - I. A. Bunin
Куприн - A. I. Kuprin
трактор - tractor (Meshaev the Second visited the city in order to buy a tractor)
 
Alexey Sklyarenko
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