office
Volost Clerk
district clerk
also: волостной писарь, district office, волостное правление
The clerk of a volost, the lowest tier of local Russian rural administration, responsible for peasant-affairs paperwork; a modest post that Ivan Pavlovich loses through the major's vindictive influence.
Reading notes
- On Official Business §23 the district office
The volostnoye pravlenie, the seat of the volost's peasant self-government, four versts off through the storm -- the destination Loshadin feels bound to trudge to that same night.
- In the Ravine §75 district clerk
The salaried clerk who handled the paperwork of the volost (rural district) administration, alongside the district elder.
- If You Chase Two Hares, You Won't Catch Either §38 dismissed from the district office
The volost (rural district) administrative office, the lowest tier of local Russian civil government, staffed by a clerk (pisar') handling peasant-affairs paperwork -- the post from which the vengeful major has Ivan Pavlovich removed.