Bolshaya Dvoryanska

Bolshaya Dvoryanska is the name of Misail’s street in his unnamed town. It is the most popular street, where all the wealthy people live. Misail says, “We lived on Bolshaya Dvoryanskaya—it was the main street of the town, and in the evenings our beau monde, for lack of a decent public garden, promenaded on it. This lovely street could partly replace a garden, because especially after rain, and from behind fences and palisades hung acacias, tall lilac bushes, bird cherries, apple trees” (439). Misail is fond of the beautiful nature surrounding his street but despises the people that dwell on it. He looks to Bolshaya Dvoryanska as the birthplace of corruption in the town.

Dubechnya

Dubechnya is the name of one of the railway stations Dolzhikov is building on the estate previously owned by the Cheprakovs. When Misail first arrives there he says, “Dubechnya—so our...