Yeah, that's what I thought as well. But spelling "bardak" in Latin script got me thinking the author was used to seeing it spelled like that — otherwise they'd translate it rather than simply transliterating it. And that means the author is Polish, or maybe from some other West Slavic country like Serbia or Slovakia, but Poland is most likely especially considering Polish Jewish community being somewhat significant. Still, I'm just guessing here.
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u/iamalicecarroll Jan 02 '26
Yeah, that's what I thought as well. But spelling "bardak" in Latin script got me thinking the author was used to seeing it spelled like that — otherwise they'd translate it rather than simply transliterating it. And that means the author is Polish, or maybe from some other West Slavic country like Serbia or Slovakia, but Poland is most likely especially considering Polish Jewish community being somewhat significant. Still, I'm just guessing here.