concept
Upravlyayushchy (Estate Steward)
steward
also: управляющий
The steward or bailiff who managed the day-to-day running of a Russian gentry estate's land and labor on the owner's behalf.
Reading notes
- An Unkind Night §20 Управляющий
The upravlyayushchy (estate steward or bailiff) managed the day-to-day running of a gentry estate's land and labor on the owner's behalf -- his dispatching of water barrels to the fire is the estate's one concrete, organized act of aid.