My idea was to solve the both equations as quadratic and thus, expressing x in two ways - it is possible to obtain irrational equations for y. By lots of manipulations they are solvable, but seeing the statement - this, probably wasn't the initial idea of the problem's creator.
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Regarding Russian - as some of my former colleagues from Russia, reallocated in Bulgaria told "You are like dog - you understand everything but can say nothing". / By the way - the source of this problem is Bulgarian MO, regional round - 1976 /