office
Pismovoditel (Clerk)
clerk
also: письмоводитель
A formal secretarial or clerkship title in a Russian government office; claimed here merely for keeping up personal correspondence.
Reading notes
- Ladies §11 clerk at our orphanage
A priyut was a state or charitable orphanage/almshouse; its pismovoditel (clerk, literally "letter-writer") handled its correspondence and paperwork -- a modest, low-paid post, which is precisely why the director expects no one of consequence to contest it for the disgraced teacher's sake.
- My Ranks and Titles §10 clerk
Pismovoditel, a formal secretarial/clerkship title in an office, claimed here merely for keeping up personal correspondence.
- The Triumph of the Victor §6 assistant clerk
A modest secretarial post in a Russian government office. The narrator's father hopes flattering laughter at dinner might win his son this small promotion -- the story's whole, deflating stakes.
Mentioned in 138 works (341 mentions)
To M. M. Chekhov, 25 August 1877. Taganrog.
To M. M. Chekhov, 29 July 1877. Taganrog.
Untitled Play (Bezottsovshchina / "Platonov")
The Lady of the Manor
A Good Acquaintance
Fortune-Tellers, Male and Female
Poems and Dubia (school-age and disputed juvenilia)
Buckwheat Porridge Praises Itself
Before the Wedding
St. Peter's Day
In the Carriage
Over Some Apples
Live Merchandise
To S. Kramayev, 8 May 1881. Moscow.
To P. Ye. Chekhov, 14–15 October 1882. Moscow.
Little Brother
Reading (A Tale of an Old Sparrow)
A Little Something
My Ranks and Titles
How I Entered into Lawful Wedlock
To Al. P. Chekhov, 5 January 1883. Moscow.
To Al. P. Chekhov, 25 January 1883. Moscow.
To Al. P. Chekhov, February 1883. Moscow.
To N. A. Leikin, 1883. Moscow.
The Swedish Match
The Plain Truth
Fat and Thin
The Complaints Book
Marriage for Convenience (a novel in two parts)
Ferment of Minds
The Summer Girl
The Diplomat
The Christmas Tree
The Captain's Uniform
The Liberal Sweetheart
Small Fry
At the Cemetery
Not Corruptive Thoughts
On August
To N. A. Leikin, 25 June 1884. Voskresensk.
The Last of the Mohican Women
At the Baths
The Crow
The Eclipse of the Moon
A Personage
A Fishy Business
Murder Will Out (You Can't Hide an Awl in a Sack)
A Remedy for the Drink
In the Railway Carriage
Up the Staircase
A Woman's Happiness
Trouble
Dreams
The Husband
To N. A. Leikin, 8 March 1886. Moscow.
To M. V. Kiseleva, 21 September 1886. Moscow.
A Trivial Incident
The Mire
The Jubilee
Trouble
Intrigues
The Lion and the Sun
The Avenger
The Beggar
To M. V. Kiseleva, 17 March 1887. Moscow.
To Al. P. Chekhov, August 1887. Babkino.
To Al. P. Chekhov, 25 September 1887. Moscow.
An Incident (A Coachman's Tale)
First Aid
The Old House (A Landlord's Story)
The Shepherd's Pipe
A Secret
Darkness
In the Barn
Peasant Women
The Duel
The Princess
An Unpleasantness
To N. A. Khlopov, 13 February 1888. Moscow.
To N. A. Leikin, 11 May 1888. Sumy.
To N. A. Lei Kin, 5 October 1888. Moscow.
To A. S. Suvorin, 11 November 1888. Moscow.
To A. S. Suvorin, 30 December 1888. Moscow.
Thieves
To A. S. Suvorin, 7 January 1889. Moscow.
To A. S. Suvorin, 14 February 1889. Moscow.
To A. S. Suvorin, 7 December 1889. Moscow.
From Siberia
To the Chekhovs, 24 April 1890. Kama, parokhod "Perm--Nizhny".
To the Chekhovs, 17 May 1890. Krasnyy Yar -- Tomsk.
To L. S. Mizinova, 11 January 1891. Petersburg.
The Anniversary
Notebooks. Diaries
A Woman's Kingdom
To L. A. Avilova, 21 February 1892. Moscow.
A Fish's Love
Neighbors
My Life: A Provincial's Story
Мужики
Three Years
Sakhalin Island
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