The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
HOW HE LEARNED RUSSIAN.
Bismarcks Wrath at "the Diabolical OBJ.
staoles In Its Pronunciation"

Bismarck was Prussian ambassador to
st. Petersburg in 1859 and lived in tho
house of Count Stimhock- Fcrmor. ~!
Alexeioff was u law student ut the time,
and it was on tho recommendation of tho
consul ut Hamburg that Bismarck selected
him rs his tutor.
"By appointment, says Alexoieff, "I
went to the mansion at 10 o'clock in the
morning. Bismarck was then ut break
fast. One Of tho lackcys showed mo into
the grand parlor, which was deliberately
furnished. a few minutes later Bismarck
came in, dressed in n dark blue morning
gown and wearing q black silk cap. AL
though no was only 45 years DID, no was
already bald. I told him that was q law
student, and he commenced to ask me
questions. While he was interrogating
me had good chance to examine him.
He was tall of stature, with broad, square
shoulders and thick eyebrows and mus
tache Over tho mustache on the upper
lip there was cioatrix, the result of a
wound received in duel whom he was q
student. He shook his hand, rcmarking:
You are n law studcnt9 Then you are my
oonfrere, for also have studied law Ho
pointed to n chair, named his conditions
and fixed tho hours of his lessons.
determined to learn your beautiful
language said he, although ! know that
stranger gets hold of 1t with great
deal of difficulty, and 1 know, too, the
diabolical obstacles in its pronunciation
But L must get rid of those plaguey inter
prefers that arc always ut my heels whcr-
ever go, spying my movements. 7 have
already too much of them. ~
NJ. Alcxeiotf commenced to teach his il
lustrious pupil the Russian alphabet and
the pronunciation of each letter Some of
tl, P,,e Inn, l,ttn IL
cellor rage. Ho swore and stamped, but
ut last lie managed to pronounce them
tolerably we'll. In order to facilitate the
pronunciation of the difficult syllablcs in
the Russian language, M. Alexeieff made
him repeat several times particular
phrase.
bismarck flew into rage. sWho the
devil could pronounce stuff like that?' he
reared. II wonder if there is any follow
on earth except u Russian that could pro-
nounce these wordsp What damnable
syllablcs these moujiks have invented!'
Nevertheless Bismarck worked hard. and
in few months he was able to translate
into German ono of the works of Tur-
geneff. He also read 1.-The Clock" by
Hertzen, and "The Future" by Prince
Dolgorouki, which were suppressed publ
cations in Russia, but the suppression
oANh Y GiiG clIlDlSS1uOrS. Inc pro-
lessor and his pupils got along together
very nicely, and in political matters they
wore agreed Discord only began when
Alexeief presented his bill to Bismarck
when tho latter was about to leave Russia.
M. AleXeieff says that Bismarck agreed to
pay ruble and half lesson, but Bis
marck insisted that u ruble was quite suf-
hciont for tho acquisition of the barburous
syllablos which caused him so much en-
barrassment.-S Petersburg Revue His
torique.
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