institution
Institute for Noble Girls
the institut
also: institut blagorodnykh devits
A boarding school for girls of the gentry, stereotyped in Russian letters for producing sheltered young women full of novel-fed illusions about life and love.
Reading notes
- The Summer Girl §10 institute
The institut blagorodnykh devits, a boarding school for daughters of the nobility that sequestered girls from male company for years, producing the naive romantic expectations Chekhov mocks here.
- The Lady with the Little Dog §21 a girl at the institute
A boarding school for girls of the gentry, known for producing sheltered young women full of novel-fed notions about life; Anna Sergeyevna's recent-seeming girlhood there is part of what Gurov finds touching in her.
- Ionych §30 an institute
A boarding school for girls of the gentry, associated in Russian letters with a sheltered upbringing; Vera Iosifovna rejects this option too, preferring to keep her daughter under her own influence alone.
- At the Manor §14 left for the institute
"Институт" here means a закрытый институт благородных девиц, a closed boarding school for daughters of the nobility; Zhenya and Iraida's nostalgic memories of leaving for it each August, contrasted with their present enforced idleness at the estate, mark their now-stalled prospects.
- An Enigmatic Nature §6 boarding-school upbringing
The institut -- a boarding school for girls of the gentry, stereotyped in Russian letters for producing sheltered young women full of novel-fed illusions about life and love.