office
Constable
constable
also: городовой, gorodovoy
The imperial Russian city police constable (gorodovoy); the narrator claims the title purely because gorodovoy shares a root with gorod, "city," and he happens to live in one.
Reading notes
- The Chameleon §2 constable
A gorodovoy, the lowest-ranking Imperial Russian city policeman, subordinate to the district superintendent; here Ochumelov's silent aide-de-camp, Yeldyrin.
- My Ranks and Titles §3 constable
A gorodovoy, the imperial Russian city policeman. The joke is purely etymological: gorodovoy derives from gorod (city), and the narrator merely lives in one.
- At the Fete in Sokolniki §17 policeman
The gorodovoy, an imperial Russian city police constable, patrolling the fete crowds to keep order.