Russian

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Alexey Kaledin

Alternative forms

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Accentological notes

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According to historian Smirnov 2003: 40, ‟the pronunciation of the Ataman’s surname began to be distorted after November 1917 and in the writings of communist historians, putting stress on the letter ‘e’”. Apparently this statement is incorrect and is refuted by Mayakovsky’s poem ‟Blue Lampasses” 1927‒1928:

Ерма́к не оди́н:
из но́чи и льди́н
встаёт генера́л Каледи́н.

According to Zaliznyak 1985: 82, the suffix changed the accent marking, transferring the form to another accent category.

Pronunciation

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  • Каледи́н: IPA(key): [kəlʲɪˈdʲin] (historical and still often used)
  • Кале́дин: IPA(key): [kɐˈlʲedʲɪn] (now overall more common)
  • Hyphenation: Ка‧ле‧дин
  • Rhymes: -in, -edʲɪn

Proper noun

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Каледи́н or Кале́дин (Kaledín or Kalédinm anim or m inan (genitive Каледина́ or Кале́дина, nominative plural Каледины́ or Кале́дины, genitive plural Каледины́х or Кале́диных, relational adjective каледи́нский)

  1. a Russian surname, Kaledin; particularly, a Don Cossack Cavalry General who led the Don Cossack White movement in the opening stages of the Russian Civil War Alexey Kaledin.
    • 1917, Council of People's Commissars, Article No. 53. To the entire population. On the fight against the counter-revolutionary uprising of Kaledin, Kornilov, Dutov, supported by the Central Rada of the Ukrainian Republic:
      Каледи́н на Дону́, Ду́тов на Ура́ле подня́ли зна́мя восста́ния.
      Kaledín na Donú, Dútov na Urále podnjáli známja vosstánija.
      Kaledin on the Don, Dutov in the Urals raised the banner of the uprising.

Declension

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Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Каледин.