concept
Artel Member
artelshchik
also: artelshchik, артельщик
A member of an artel, a cooperative guild of tradesmen bonded together (often via a security deposit) for a shared commercial enterprise; a mark of relative financial standing in Imperial Russia.
Reading notes
- At the Barber's §33 in the cooperative
A member of an artel (a cooperative guild of tradesmen or workers, often bonded together for a shared enterprise) who has put up a security deposit -- a mark of Sheykin's relative financial standing over the penniless Makar Kuzmich.