concept
Intelligentsia
intelligentsia
also: интеллигенты, интеллигенция
The educated professional class of officials and dignitaries; Chekhov shows them cowed and humiliated by a bullying millionaire despite their claims to culture and status.
Reading notes
- The Mask §4 intelligentsia
The educated professional class -- here bank officials, court officers, and other local worthies -- whom Chekhov shows being cowed by a bullying millionaire despite their claims to culture and rank.