place
Demidron (Chateau des Fleurs)
Demidron
also: Демидрон, Château des Fleurs
A St. Petersburg pleasure garden and cafe-chantant popularly nicknamed 'Demidron' after its proprietor; a byword in the Russian press for cheap, sensational entertainment journalism.
Reading notes
- The Zealot §9 Demidron
A nickname for the Chateau des Fleurs (a Parisian-style pleasure garden and cafe-chantant in St. Petersburg, run by the Frenchman Aristide Demidov/Demidoff); its name was newspaper shorthand for cheap, sensational entertainment journalism, the kind of item the director sneers at in Novoye Vremya.