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Torgi (Land Bank Auction)
torgi
also: торги
The public auction sale ('torgi') held by a land bank to liquidate a mortgaged estate whose owner has defaulted on interest payments; Kovalyov attends the torgi twice before formally purchasing Mikhalkovo with his wife's dowry.
Reading notes
- Someone Else's Trouble §45 gone twice to the auction
Renders 'торги' (torgi), the public auction held by a land bank to liquidate a mortgaged estate whose owner has defaulted on interest; Kovalyov's two trips to the torgi are the bureaucratic mechanism by which Mikhalkovo formally changes hands.
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