Гордость вологжан

[freiburg234.livejournal.com]

Dear Community,

Here another sentence for your review. Could you please explain why "общественного предприятия" and "гордости вологжан" are in the genitive? I can't seem to find the reasoning for this.

Каждый уезжающий ссыльный — это было традицией — жертвовал свою всегда огромную библиотеку в книжный фонд Городской публичной библиотеки — тоже общественного предприятия, тоже гордости вологжан.

Thank you.

ФБ

Comments

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Following the grammatical logic of your version, we discover that it is "somebody's always large library" that is the "Vologda citizens' pride" here, not the City Public Library, while the grammatical logic of the original sentence implies that it is the City Public Library that is the Vologda citizens' pride.