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Provincial Board
also: губернское правление, Provincial Government
The chief administrative body of an Imperial Russian province, executing the governor's orders; its officials become the suit of clubs in the clerks' card game, and Peresolin himself presides over one.
Reading notes
- Vint §38 Provincial Board
The chief executive administrative body of an Imperial Russian province; its officials form the suit of clubs, and Peresolin himself presides over one.