institution
Komissarov Technical School
Komissarov School
also: Комиссаровское училище
A Moscow technical school founded in 1865 in honor of Osip Komissarov, the peasant credited with deflecting an 1866 assassination attempt on Alexander II; the orphaned Sasha is sent there by the grandmother before he later transfers to the Moscow School of Painting.
Reading notes
- The Bride §6 Komissarov School
A Moscow technical school founded in 1865 in honor of Osip Komissarov, credited with deflecting an assassination attempt on Alexander II the previous year; the grandmother sends the newly orphaned Sasha there before he later transfers to art school.