concept
"Cook's children" circular of 1887
the cook's son
also: кухаркин сын, kukharkin sын, circular on cook's children
Popular name for a Russian Ministry of Education circular of 1887 that discouraged secondary schooling for the children of coachmen, laundresses, small shopkeepers, and similarly low-status parents; Rashevich's dismissive phrase 'the cook's son' in 'At the Manor' glances at this policy and its social prejudice.
Reading notes
- At the Manor §6 a cook's son
Glances at the 1887 Russian Ministry of Education circular popularly called the "cook's children" decree, which discouraged secondary schooling for children of low-status parents (coachmen, laundresses, small shopkeepers); see headnote.