office
State Councilor
state councilor
also: статский советник, statskiy sovetnik
The fifth grade of the civil branch of the imperial Table of Ranks, roughly equivalent to a brigadier general; Varenka's late father held the rank, part of what recommends her as a match for Belikov.
Reading notes
- The Man in a Case §35 state councilor
The fifth grade of the civil branch of the imperial Table of Ranks; Varenka's late father held it, part of what recommends her as a match for a man as cautious as Belikov.