concept
Corps of Gendarmes
gendarme corps
also: жандармский корпус, Отдельный корпус жандармов
The imperial Corps of Gendarmes, Russia's political police and internal-security force; in the story its members are comically borrowed by a tailor's shop as fitting models whose builds match those of grand clients.
Reading notes
- The Captain's Uniform §18 a gendarme corps
The Corps of Gendarmes, the imperial political police and internal-security force; here Merkulov borrows gendarmes of matching build to serve as fitting models for grand clients' uniforms, a comic detail of provincial tailoring.