concept
Tselkovyy (silver ruble)
silver ruble
also: целковый, целковых
A tselkovyy is colloquial Russian for a silver ruble coin, loosely used for cash sums -- the currency of the small, steadily accumulating loans in the story.
Reading notes
- The Virtuous Tavern-Keeper §15 silver rubles
A tselkovyy is colloquial Russian for a silver ruble coin, used loosely for cash sums -- here the currency of Tsutsykov's steadily accumulating loans to his old master.