The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature

274 Glossary

vashe prevoskhod´ıtel'stvo Your Excellency; the appropriate mode of address for

third and fourth ranks in the Table of Ranks, p. 101. vashe vysokoblagorodie Your High Honor; appropriate for sixth, seventh, or

eighth rank, p. 101. vashe vysokoprevoskhod´ıtel'stvo Your High Excellency; appropriate for the first

or second rank in the Table of Ranks, p. 101. vashe vysokorodie Your Highly Born; appropriate for the fifth rank in the Table

of Ranks, p. 101. vertet'sya to revolve, spin, p. 62. Vestnikova “Tattler,” speaking name from Catherine the Great’s comedy O! The

Times! (1769), p. 85. vlast' power (political), p. 23. voda water, p. 62. vozdukh air, p. 62.

“Vprok” the title of Platonov’s short story, “For Future Use,” p. 203. vremya time, p. 62. vruchenie sebya self-giving, the giving or “handing over” of oneself without the

motive of personal gain, p. 77.

yurodivy (f. yurodivaya) holy fool, p. 39.

yurodstvo Khrista radi holy foolishness for the sake of Christ, p. 41.

zap´ıski notes or diary entries, p. 11.

zastoi Stagnation; usually refers to the years of cultural and economic stagnation

under Brezhnev (1970s-84), p. 220. zemlya earth (as in soil), p. 62. zhitie [pronounced “zhitiyeh”] saint’s life (hagiographic text), p. 62.

People

Afanasiev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich (1826-71) Russian collector of fairy tales,

p. 68. Akhmatova, Anna Andreyevna (1889-1966) p. 30. Works by: “Requiem.” Ak´ımov, Nikolai Pavlovich (1901-68) p. 210.

Aksakov, Sergei Timofeyevich (1791-1859) p. 45. Works by: Family Chronicle. Akunin, Bor´ıs (pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishv´ıli, b. 1958) p. 97. Works by:

Azazel' [Eng. The Winter Queen]; Seagull, The: A Comedy and its Continuation. Alexander Nevsky (r. 1236-63) p. 59. Alexander Romanov I (r. 1801-25) p. 24. Alexander Romanov II (r. 1855-81) p. 12. Alexander Romanov III (r. 1881-94) p. 132. Avvakum, Protopop (1620-82) p. 45. Works by: “The Life of Archpriest Avva-

kum, Written by Himself.”