concept
Opekun (legal guardian)
guardian
also: опекун
The legally appointed guardian of a minor's person and property under Russian law; the story's title and plot turn on a guardian who has embezzled his ward's inheritance.
Reading notes
- The Guardian §10 Varya's guardian
An "opekun" was the legally appointed guardian of a minor's person and property; the story's title and plot turn on the general having squandered the inheritance he held in trust for his ward.