United States. War Department

“ Most prepositions have their object in the g case: около дома "near the house"; for these the dictionary gives no comment. The commonest are без, для, до, из, от, у, из-за, из-под.
Irregularly, some take their objects in other cases; the dictionary tells with which case they are used. With a: про, сквозь, через; with d: к, вопреки; with i: между, над; with l при. A few take different cases in different meanings: with a and i: за, перед, под; with a and l: в, на, о (об) ; with g, а, and i: с; with a, d, and l: по.
The meanings differ very much from the meanings of English prepositions ”

“ With persons one uses к (with d) , у (with g) , от (with g) : к Ильиным "to the Ilyins'," у Ильиных "at the Ilyins'," от Ильиных "from the Ilyins'."
In meanings like "so much apiece, so many each," по is used with numbers as follows. Один is d and the noun in concord: он дал им по одному рублю "he gave them one ruble each"; два, три, четыре are a with gs noun: по два рубля, по две копейки "two kopeks each," по четыре яблока, "four apples each." Двести, триста, четыреста are a with gp noun: по двести рублей. ”

“ Similarly ко двору "toward the yard," ко сну "toward sleep." Before [s, z] со is always used in some combinations: со стола "from the table," со and "out of one's sleep," со звездой "with a star (medal) ," and optionally in others: со слезами "with tears"; before [šč] always: со счастьем "with good fortune."
От less commonly has ото: от всех, ото всех "from all."
Of the longer prepositions, перед takes о in передо мной "before me" and occasionally before forms of весь: перед всем, передо всем. ”