person
Pr. Pokrovsky
also: Пр Покровский, Pr. Pokrovsky
A person referred to only by the unexpanded abbreviation "Пр" (possibly a title such as "Prot."/"Protoiereus," a first name, or another abbreviation not resolved by this letter) plus the common surname Pokrovsky, who asks -- relayed via Kolomnin -- that Alexander send him his photograph. A common surname shared by several other unrelated, likewise-unidentified Pokrovskys already distinguished in this corpus (the Taganrog priest;, thanked by Kolomnin for a tea-glass holder;, from a newspaper advertisement;, an orator) -- kept as a separate provisional entity pending further identification, not merged with any of them.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 24–25 July 1891. Bogimovo. §8 Pr. Pokrovsky
The abbreviation "Пр" before the surname is left unexpanded in the source and not resolved here -- it could stand for a title (e.g. "Prot."/Protoiereus, if this Pokrovsky is a priest, as with the corpus's other clergy-Pokrovskys), a first name, or something else. A common surname shared by several other unrelated Pokrovskys already distinguished elsewhere in this corpus; kept as a separate, provisional entity.