делибаш + казак + т = деликт + аз + башка 
 
делибаш - delibash
казак - Cossack
т - t, Cyrillic character (called твёрдо, "hard", in the old Russian alphabet)
деликт - delict (misdemeanor, offense)
аз - obs., I; in the old Russian alphabet, азбука, the letter A was called аз
башка - coll., head; cf. of Pushkin's delibash: Срежет саблею кривою / С плеч удалую башку
 
казак + голова + н = Кавказ + наголо
 
голова - head
н - n, Cyrillic character (called наш, "our", in the old Russian alphabet)
Кавказ - Caucasus; cf. of Lermontov's Demon: и над вершинами Кавказа / Изгнанник рая пролетал
наголо - adv., bare
 
Alexey Sklyarenko 
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