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Purov
also: купца Пурова, пуровских
A local merchant whose factory hands join the crowd; the police chief orders his men not to be written down in the arrest log because Purov's name day falls the next day -- a small joke about selective policing.
Reading notes
- Ferment of Minds §38 the merchant Purov's
A local merchant whose factory hands join the crowd; the police chief later spares Purov's men from being logged as offenders because it is Purov's name day the next day.