Which language did Mérimée learn and translate from?
Russian
Spanish
German
Italian
Answer
Russian was the language that Mérimée learned and translated from. He was a French writer and historian who was fascinated by Russian culture and literature. He traveled to Russia several times and learned the language in order to be able to read Russian works in their original form. He translated several Russian works into French, including Pushkin's "Boris Godunov" and Gogol's "Dead Souls."
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