institution
St. Petersburg Mutual Credit Society
the Mutual Credit Society
also: Общество взаимного кредита, Петербургское общество взаимного кредита
A real St. Petersburg cooperative bank whose 1883 embezzlement trial (a cashier's theft) was widely reported in the Russian press; the occasion for this Chekhov sketch, framed as a direct response to the case.
Reading notes
- The Only Remedy §1 the St. Petersburg Mutual Credit Society
A real St. Petersburg cooperative bank whose 1883 embezzlement trial (a cashier's theft) was widely reported in the press; Chekhov's sketch is a direct satirical response, framed as "a propos" the actual case.