Collegiate Registrar

Reading notes

• Untitled Play (Bezottsovshchina / "Platonov") §2788 he's a collegiate registrar

  Kollezhsky registrator, the fourteenth and lowest civil rank in the Table of Ranks -- Sasha's proud claim that Platonov "has a rank" is deflating irony: it is the very bottom of the ladder.

• The Examination for Rank §38 the rank of collegiate registrar

  The fourteenth and lowest civil rank in Imperial Russia's Table of Ranks -- the modest promotion Fendrikov, after twenty-one years of service, must pass this examination to receive.

• The Examination for Rank §59 postal department

  Fendrikov's employer, the Imperial Russian postal service, whose lowly clerks were themselves ranked within the Table of Ranks.

• Even the Beautiful Must Have Its Limits §1 collegiate registrar

  The fourteenth and lowest civil rank in Imperial Russia's Table of Ranks. That such a low-ranking clerk is styled a 'thinking' diarist is part of the story's deadpan irony.

• Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire §37 collegiate registrar

  Kollezhsky registrator -- the fourteenth and lowest rank of the Table of Ranks, the entry-level civil-service grade Osip is studying to pass an examination for; Gradusov mocks this as empty status-climbing.

• From the Notebook of Ivan Ivanych (Thoughts and Notes) §6 collegiate registrars

  Kollezhsky registrator, the fourteenth and lowest rank in Peter the Great's Table of Ranks -- the humblest possible male clerk, held up as still more capable of serious talk than a clever grown woman.

• On the Nail §1 collegiate registrars

  The fourteenth and lowest civil rank in Imperial Russia's Table of Ranks -- the bottom rung these clerks share.

• Incongruous Thoughts §15 collegiate registrars

  The lowest (14th) rank in Imperial Russia's Table of Ranks -- the bottom rung of the civil service ladder, invoked here for the absurd image of its humblest officials in cheap print dresses.

• New Year's Great Martyrs §1 collegiate registrar

  The fourteenth and lowest civil rank in Imperial Russia's Table of Ranks -- the bottom rung of the bureaucratic ladder, named here as the most junior (and by implication most frantic) of the running visitors.

• The Decoration §1 collegiate registrar

  The fourteenth and lowest civil rank in the Table of Ranks established by Peter the Great -- the bottom rung of the imperial bureaucracy, a byword for petty officialdom.

• Before the Wedding §1 collegiate registrar

  The fourteenth and lowest civil rank in Imperial Russia's Table of Ranks -- the groom's modest official standing, which the story later shows is exactly what the bride's mother thinks she's marrying for.

• Captions for Drawings §359 collegiate registrar

  Kollezhsky registrator, the lowest (14th) civilian rank in the imperial Table of Ranks, which nonetheless entitled its holder to wear a cockade -- the tiny privilege the character clings to.

• Joy §9 collegiate registrar

  The lowest rank of the civil branch of the Table of Ranks -- a minor clerk, which is precisely why Mitya finds it so astonishing that his name has reached print.

• A Story Hard to Give a Title To §3 collegiate registrars

  The fourteenth and lowest civil rank in the Table of Ranks; Ottyagaev's claim not to lord his rank over them is deflating, since his own rank is barely higher.

• List of Exhibitors Awarded Cast-Iron Medals in the Russian Section at the Amsterdam Exhibition §3 Collegiate Registrars

  The lowest rank (14th class) in the Table of Ranks of the Russian civil service, proverbial for its meekness before superiors -- hence the joke about "elastic spines."

• The Plain Truth §1 collegiate registrars

  The lowest rank (14th class) in Imperial Russia's Table of Ranks for civil servants — a perennial Chekhov target for petty officialdom.

• The Triumph of the Victor §1 collegiate registrar

  The fourteenth and lowest civil rank in Imperial Russia's Table of Ranks. That the story is framed as told by a RETIRED holder of this bottom rung sets up the narrator's dream of rising even one rung higher.

• The Bad Boy §28 Collegiate Registrar

  The lowest civil rank (class XIV) in the Table of Ranks, proverbial for its insignificance -- likened here to the gudgeon, the humblest of fish.