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Perov
also: Почтмейстер Перов
The Skopin postmaster, kept on Rykov's payroll at 57 roubles a month, who stonewalls a citizen's inquiries into a string of letters and newspaper issues gone missing -- evidently intercepted to suppress unfavorable press coverage of the bank.
Reading notes
- Pictures from the Recent Past §65 57 roubles a month
A payment from Rykov on top of a postmaster's official salary implies the office is effectively bought -- explaining, without saying so directly, why letters and newspapers critical of the bank keep failing to arrive.