Ostap

Ostap Karmodi wrote (RUS, link via LJ user drugoi) that “the attackers” would have probably thought twice before doing what they did if only they had been capable of foreseeing the outcome of their attacks:

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Ron Moody plays Ippolit Vorobyaninov, one of the former royals happy to chase after his past and past fortunes, while Frank Langella plays Ostap Bender, part of the new Russian order and the master manipulator of the two.

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The elder, Ostap, began his scholastic career by running away in the course of the first year.

Taras Bulba 2003

Ostap, taking off his cap, thanked his comrades for the honour, and did not decline it on the ground of youth or inexperience, knowing that war time is no fitting season for that; but instantly ordered them straight to the fray, and soon showed them that not in vain had they chosen him as hetman.

Taras Bulba 2003

Zaporozhtzi would have pursued them, but Ostap stopped his

Taras Bulba 2003

From that moment, Ostap began to pore over his tiresome books with exemplary diligence, and quickly stood on a level with the best.

Taras Bulba 2003

He gazed grimly and indifferently at everything, with inappeasable grief printed on his stolid face; and said softly, as he drooped his head, “My son, my Ostap!”

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It seemed as though Ostap were designed by nature for the game of war and the difficult science of command.

Taras Bulba 2003

“To horse, Ostap!” said Taras, and hastened to find his Cossacks, to look once more upon them, and let them behold their hetman once more before the hour of death.

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Ostap, abandoning all efforts, stripped off his gaberdine and lay down upon the floor without a thought of begging for mercy.

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