The connection between berries, barin (Russian for "master") and Baer (German
for "bear") at first seemed far-fetched to me, but probably it is not! Because
all those words, and the word bor (Russian for "pinewood"), occur in Eugene
Onegine, Canto Three and Canto Five:

!?


Carolyn

p.s. Perhaps Alexey is making a joke?