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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 11/1/2026 5:45 PM
Family Surname: Lak
Country: Estonia
Town: Tallinn
Date of Image: 1881

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For the first record #29, I'd like a translation of the 2nd to the right column. I'm looking for the name of the town of registration. It may be Plungian or Plugiany. In an online database, it was transcribed as Plunshal. I'd also like to know if there is any information about the father's occupation. Thank you.

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11/3/2026 7:04 AM

Мещанин *) Ковенской губернии Тельшевского уезда местечко Плунгнан или Плунгиян **).

**) Плу́нге (лит. Plungė; русское дореволюционное название Плунгя́ны, Плугиняны) — город в Литве, в Тельшяйском уезде, административный центр Плунгеского района.

*) Мещанин — городской обыватель, занимающийся ремеслом или мелкой торговлей.
Чем занимались такие мещане?
• Ремесленники.
• Мелкие торговцы.
• Лица «свободных профессий»: медицина, юриспруденция или преподавание.
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A burgher *) of the Kovno Governorate, Telšiai County, the town of Plungnan or Plungiyan **).

**) Plunge (Lithuanian: Plungė; pre revolutionary Russian names: Plungyany, Pluginyany) is a city in Lithuania, in the Telšiai County, the administrative center of the Plungė district.

*) A burgher is a city dweller engaged in crafts or small scale trade.
What did such burghers do?
• Craftsmen.
• Small traders.
• People with “free professions”: medicine, law, or teaching.

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