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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 93507, member: 33"]Sorry I'm late to seeing this one, but it sounds like Makanudo has done some good analysis.</p><p><br /></p><p>If one word, it could be the surname Меркурьева (Merkurieva or Merkureva in our alphabet). That is a legitimate surname. And would be a woman. But I was having a big problem reading the writing so I could be incorrect. Makanudo, which letters are you reading it as? I suspect the same, or similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>If that is the surname, I would say it's definitely Russian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, nobody mentioned that the left part is the year 2004. The letters after the date are год. which is an abbreviation for the word "year." The Russians always put that after the date, but they often abbreviate to just г., the first letter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and I should mention that I do not think that end part is the name of the horse or the title of the piece. In Russian they would put quotation marks around that. I think it's more likely to be a surname, although anything is possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fig[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 93507, member: 33"]Sorry I'm late to seeing this one, but it sounds like Makanudo has done some good analysis. If one word, it could be the surname Меркурьева (Merkurieva or Merkureva in our alphabet). That is a legitimate surname. And would be a woman. But I was having a big problem reading the writing so I could be incorrect. Makanudo, which letters are you reading it as? I suspect the same, or similar. If that is the surname, I would say it's definitely Russian. Also, nobody mentioned that the left part is the year 2004. The letters after the date are год. which is an abbreviation for the word "year." The Russians always put that after the date, but they often abbreviate to just г., the first letter. Oh, and I should mention that I do not think that end part is the name of the horse or the title of the piece. In Russian they would put quotation marks around that. I think it's more likely to be a surname, although anything is possible. Fig[/QUOTE]
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