# Russian language/bumper sticker question

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 21, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-language-bumper-sticker-question/285906 "2005-01-21T13:18:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-language-bumper-sticker-question/285906/13 "2005-01-22T15:03:56Z")

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> [@yBeayf](#):
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> And as a second-year Russian major, I concur with your concurrence. 😃
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> If you were doing it that way, indeed, “Помните о Беслане” would be correct.

_Y MHE NET_ any good memory of how to construct nuances like this. I recognize it as the preposition _o_ plus the instrumental case of Beslan. Wouldja be willing to explain the difference in connotation between the “Beslan” and the “o Beslane” constructions? (And thanks for the correction on the verb – I perpetually forget the significance of the perfective _aspect_, treating it like Western perfect _cases_.)

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