[47] The third from the top in the Table of Ranks instituted by Peter the Great.—TRANSLATOR.
[48] Corresponding, in a measure, to an American State.—TRANSLATOR.
[49] The Great Russians' scornful nickname for a Little Russian.—TRANSLATOR.
[50] Each coachman has his own pair or tróika of horses to attend to, and has nothing to do with any other horses which may be in the stable.—TRANSLATOR.
[51] Yákoff (James) Daniel Bruce, a Russian engineer, of Scottish extraction, born in Moscow, 1670, became Grand Master of the Artillery in 1711, and died in 1735.—TRANSLATOR.
[52] The great cathedral in commemoration of the Russian triumph in the war of 1812, which was begun in 1837, and completed in 1883. —TRANSLATOR.
[53] Nyémetz, "the dumb one," meaning any one unable to speak Russian (hence, any foreigner), is the specific word for a German.—TRANSLATOR.
[54] Short for Nízhni Nóvgorod.—TRANSLATOR.
[55] The famous letter from the heroine, Tatyána, to the hero, Evgény Onyégin, in Pushkin's celebrated poem. The music to the opera of the same name, which has this poem for its basis, is by Tchaikóvsky. —TRANSLATOR.
[56] Advertisements of theatres, concerts, and amusements in general, are not published in the daily papers, but in an affiche, printed every morning, for which a separate subscription is necessary. —TRANSLATOR.