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Podprunin
Constable Podprunin
also: Пристав Подпрунин, Alexei Manuilovich
The constable (pristav) of the 2nd District, N--- County, who orders the Zharovo school closed on the physician's word, and later files an outraged report against Dr. Radushny for his insulting phrase -- only to be gently rebuked by his own superior for pursuing the antagonism.
Reading notes
- A Great Deal of Paper §4 Constable of the 2nd District
The pristav (constable) headed a stan, a police subdivision of the uezd (county) -- here the "2nd District" (2-й стан) of N--- County -- and held authority to issue enforceable local orders, such as the closing of a school, once notified of a public-health danger by the zemstvo physician.