office
Treasurer of the Orphans' Court
orphans' court treasurer
also: казначей сиротского суда
An officer of the sirotskii sud (orphans' court), which administered estates and guardianship of minors and widows in Imperial Russia; a respectable civic post held here by Belebukhin.
Reading notes
- The Mask §58 treasurer of the orphans' court
The sirotskii sud (orphans' court) administered the estates and guardianship of minors and widows in Imperial Russia; its treasurer was a respectable civic post, part of the story's parade of cowed local dignitaries.