In Chapter 23, the Satan's ball is full of music. At one point, polar bears play concertinas and dance to this song, "Kamarinskaya." It is a Russian folk dance, composed by Mikhail Glinka. Although this part is not included in the Mirra Ginsburg edition, it shows up in the Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky version.
Then somewhere, already ceasing to comprehend anything, she saw dark cellars where some sort of lamps burned, where grils served meat sizzling on red-hot coals, where her health was drunk from big mugs. Then she saw polar bears playing concertinas and dancing the Kamarinsky on a platform.
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