concept
Vashe siyatelstvo ("Your/His Lordship")
Your Lordship
also: ваше сиятельство, его сиятельство
The formal honorific of address due a count in Imperial Russia, marking the social gulf between the villagers and the returning nobleman.
Reading notes
- The Choristers §42 его сиятельства
'His/Your Lordship' ('siyatelstvo') is the formal honorific of address due a count, marking the social gulf between the villagers and the returning nobleman.