animal
Tsenzura ("Censorship")
Censorship
also: Цензура
One of the household dogs at the Lintvaryov estate at Luka -- her joke-name, "Tsenzura" ("Censorship"), is a pet name, not a reference to the institution of press censorship; grouped with the other estate dogs (Zhuk, Barbos, Pulka, Rozka) mentioned alongside her.
Reading notes
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 12 June 1888. Sumy. §5 Even Censorship had a drink
"Tsenzura" ("Censorship") is the joking pet name of one of the household's dogs at the Lintvaryov estate, not a reference to the institution of Imperial press censorship; she belongs alongside the other named estate dogs introduced in section 8 (Zhuk, Barbos, Pulka, Rozka). The joke turns on treating a dog's participation in the toasting as a small, absurd honor.