person
Schlitter (district pompadour)
Schlitter
also: Уездный помпадур Шлитер
An invented petty official in Orenburg accused of forging promissory notes; "pompadour" borrows Saltykov-Shchedrin's satirical nickname for high-handed provincial administrators.
Reading notes
- List of Exhibitors Awarded Cast-Iron Medals in the Russian Section at the Amsterdam Exhibition §3 The district pompadour Schlitter
"Pompadour" was Saltykov-Shchedrin's satirical nickname for a petty, high-handed provincial official; Chekhov borrows it for this invented bureaucrat.