office
District Police Superintendent (uchastkovyi pristav)
district superintendent
also: участковый пристав, uchastkovyi pristav
The police officer in charge of a city district (uchastok) in Imperial Russia, ranking above the beat constable in the local police hierarchy.
Reading notes
- The Chameleon §1 police superintendent
The district police superintendent (uchastkovyi pristav), a mid-level police official in charge of a city district in Imperial Russia -- Ochumelov's rank and the source of his petty authority.
- From the Notebook of Ivan Ivanych (Thoughts and Notes) §80 precinct police inspector
An uchastkovyi pristav, the tsarist-era officer in charge of a city district -- a minor local official whose vanity is this story's target.
- Self-Deception (a tale) §2 district police inspector
A uchastkovyy pristav, the tsarist-era police officer in charge of a city district (uchastok) -- a minor local official whose petty vanity Chekhov skewers throughout his early sketches.
- The Vaudeville §21 district police officer
A pristav, a local police official responsible for order in his district (here comically summoned by a domestic uproar over the smell of roast goose).
- The Tongue Will Get You to Kiev §21 the constable
The uchastkovyi pristav, the police official in charge of a city district, invoked here as the authority the 2nd spectator threatens to complain to.