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| NOVEMBER 1991 As the director of the Ukrainian State Sugar Beet Company walks by with me in tow, the dezhurnaya leaps to attention. Dezhurnayas are watching, on guard everywhere. Their name comes from pre-revolutionary Russian aristocrats’ infatuation with all things French. Thus, "person on duty" became the du-jour-naya.
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