office
Okolotochny Nadziratel
police inspector
also: околоточный, okolotochny, district police officer
A low-ranking district police officer (beat constable) in Imperial Russia, responsible for a city's smallest administrative subdivision (the "okolotok") -- frequently satirized in Russian comic writing for petty self-importance.
Reading notes
- Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire §134 district constable
Okolotochny nadziratel -- a low-ranking urban police officer responsible for a city ward (okolotok), the beat cop of Imperial Russian policing.
- My Witticisms and Sayings §9 police inspector
An "okolotochny nadziratel," a low-ranking district police officer (beat constable) in Imperial Russia responsible for a city's smallest administrative subdivision ("okolotok"), often satirized for petty self-importance.
- A Guide for Those Wishing to Marry. (Secret) §3 precinct constables
A low-ranking district police officer in Imperial Russia, responsible for a city's smallest administrative subdivision -- named here among the men enlisted to keep the piece out of female hands.
- A Dream §138 a police officer, constables
The okolotochny nadziratel (district police inspector) together with ordinary gorodovye (constables) arrive to find the narrator apparently caught mid-robbery -- the dream's climax collapsing into the story's waking legal reality.