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[Surname] Re: Yesenin
Interesting! Do you know to which dialect yeseia belongs? Just curious.
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According to my Russian source Yesenia ('winter') is from the dialect of Ryazanschine, which I take to be Ryazan province, south-east of Moscow. The poet Sergei Yesenin was born in this province.
Sorry for the late reply to this, I did not notice the supplementary question.
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