Padukgrad + videnie = padenie + Krug/Gurk + Dadid

Padukgrad + Nabokov + igrok + slovo/volos = nagrada + kubok + podvig + sorok + vol

Padukgrad + sorok + obnova = podarok + Gradus + Nabokov = upadok + svoboda + kran + rog  

Padukgrad – a fictitious European city, the setting of VN’s novel Bend Sinister (1947)

videnie – vision, apparition

padenie – fall; drop; degradation

Krug – Adam Krug, the main character in BS; Krug (“The Circle,” 1936), a story by VN

Gurk – in BS the name of an Ekwilist soldier

David – in BS the name of Krug’s little son

igrok – gambler; player

slovo – word

volos – hair

nagrada – reward; award; prize

kubok – goblet, bowl

podvig – feat, exploit; Podvig (“Glory,” 1932), a novel by VN

sorok – 40

vol – ox, bullock

obnova – new acquisition, “new toy”

podarok – present, gift

Gradus – a character in VN’s novel Pale Fire (1962); Kinbote mockingly calls Gradus “Leningradus”

upadok – decline, decay

svoboda – freedom

kran – tap, cock; crane

rog – horn; antler

Alexey Sklyarenko