office
Governing Senate
the Senate
also: сенат, Правительствующий сенат
The Governing Senate of the Russian Empire, which among its functions served as the supreme court of appeal above the circuit courts -- the last, largely theoretical recourse open to a litigant like Gradusov.
Reading notes
- Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire §168 the Senate
The Governing Senate functioned in Imperial Russia as, among other things, the supreme court of appeal -- the final and largely theoretical recourse Gradusov is told he may still pursue.
- To F. A. Chervinsky, 18 August 1391. Bogimovo. §3 to serve in the Senate
The Governing Senate; "it's a fine thing to serve in the Senate" is a wry aside about the social and marital cachet of a prestigious civil-service post, not a literal endorsement.