[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] _Nyemetz_, "the dumb one," meaning any one unable to speak Russian (hence, any foreigner), is the specific word for a German.--TRANSLATOR. [54] Short for Nizhni Novgorod.--TRANSLATOR. [55] The famous letter from the heroine, Tatyana, to the hero, Evgeny Onyegin, in Pushkin's celebrated poem. The music to the opera of the same name, which has this poem for its basis, is by Tchaikovsky. --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. [57] M. E. Saltikoff wrote his famous satires under the name of Shtchedrin.--TRANSLATOR. [58] The Little Russians (among other peculiarities of pronunciation attached to their dialect) use the guttural instead of the clear _i_.--TRANSLATOR. [59] A bishop or priest in the Russian Church is not supposed to speak loudly, no matter how fine a voice he may possess. The deacon, on the contrary, or the proto-deacon (attached to a cathedral) is supposed to have a huge voice, and, especially at certain points, to roar at the top of his lungs. He sometimes cracks his voice--which is what the sympathetic neighbour was hinting at here.--TRANSLATOR. [60] An image, or holy picture, is _obraz_; the adjective "cultured" is derived from the same word in its sense of pattern, model--_obrazovanny_. --TRANSLATOR. [61] Ostrovsky's comedies of life in the merchant class are irresistibly amusing, talented, and true to nature.--TRANSLATOR. [62] Turgenieff probably means Grusha (another form for the diminutive of Agrippina, in Russian Agrafenya). The play is "Live as You Can."--TRANSLATOR. [63] A full gown gathered into a narrow band just under the armpits and suspended over the shoulders by straps of the same.--TRANSLATOR. [64] The eighth from the top in the Table of Ranks won by service to the state, which Peter the Great instituted. A sufficiently high grade in that table confers hereditary nobility; the lower grades carry only personal nobility.--TRANSLATOR. [65] The long Tatar coat, with large sleeves, and flaring, bias skirts.---TRANSLATOR. [66] See note on page 24.--TRANSLATOR. [67] Diminutives of Yakoff, implying great affection.--TRANSLATOR. [68] Mikhail Stasiulevitch.--TRANSLATOR. [69] The favourite decoration in rustic architecture.--TRANSLATOR. [70] These lines do not rhyme in the original.--TRANSLATOR. [71] "The white-handed man" would be the literal translation.--TRANSLATOR. [72] The pretty name for what we call mullein.--TRANSLATOR. [73] That is, made without meat.--TRANSLATOR. [74] The ideal bearing in church is described as standing "like a candle"; that is, very straight and motionless.--TRANSLATOR.