pre-eminent, dacha, Pie Jesu

One of the most beautiful treble solos of all time. No, YOU'RE crying.

Pie Jesu from Fauré's Requiem

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Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966)

After Stalin's death, Akhmatova's preeminence among Russian poets was grudgingly conceded, even by party officials, and a censored edition of her work was published; conspicuously absent was Requiem, which Isaiah Berlin had predicted in 1946 would never be published in the Soviet Union^[2]. Her later pieces, composed in neoclassical rhyme and mood, seem to be the voice of many she has outlived. Her dacha in Komarovo was frequented by Joseph Brodsky and other young poets, who continued Akhmatova's traditions of St. Petersburg poetry into the 21st century.

Pie Jesu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Pie Jesu (original Latin: Pie Iesu) is a text from the final couplet of the Dies irae and often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass as a motet.

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pre-eminent
adjective FORMAL
more important or better than others:
She is the pre-eminent authority in her subject.

pre-eminence
noun [U] FORMAL
His pre-eminence in his subject is internationally recognized.

dacha

(dä'chə) 
n.
A Russian country house or villa.

[Russian, gift, land, country house.]

Dacha of Boris Pasternak in Peredelkino.

Dacha  (Russian: да́ча) is a Russian word for seasonal or year-round second homes located in the exurbs of Soviet and Russian cities. It is usually occupied part of the year by its owner or rented out to urban residents as a summer retreat. Dachas are very common in Russia, and are also widespread in some former republics of the Soviet Union.
As the size and type of dacha buildings was severely restricted during the Soviet time, some permitted features, such as attics and glazed verandahs, became extremely