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Honored Citizen
also: Почётный гражданин, Почетный гражданин, Honorary Citizen
A Russian Imperial social-estate status (created 1832) for merchants, professionals, and others of non-noble background who had distinguished themselves, granting exemptions from certain taxes, corporal punishment, and conscription.
Reading notes
- A Proud Man §59 Honored Citizen
"Почётный гражданин" (Honored/Honorary Citizen) was a hereditary or personal status in the Russian Empire's social estate system, created in 1832 for merchants, professionals, and others of non-noble origin who had distinguished themselves -- exempting holders from certain taxes, corporal punishment, and conscription. It signals real, if non-aristocratic, social standing.
- In the Ravine §77 personal honorary citizen
A non-hereditary Imperial Russian civic rank granted to individuals of non-noble background for distinguished service, exempting holders from certain taxes and from corporal punishment.
- The Height of Civic-Mindedness §1 honored hereditary citizen
A Russian Imperial social-estate status (created 1832) for merchants, professionals, and others of non-noble background who had distinguished themselves; being the SON of one made the narrator a hereditary member of this respectable, tax-exempt estate.