Endnotes + 

The torture of palki or the “sticks,” described in Part II, Chapter II is meant. It was a favourite form of punishment under Nicholas I, who was nicknamed Nicholas Palka or the “stick.” Why it was called the “Green Street” I have not been able to discover. —⁠Translator’s Note ↩ + 

Kantonists were soldiers’ sons brought up in a military settlement and bound to serve in the army⁠—a special class no longer existing. —⁠Translator’s Note ↩ + 

Orphan⁠—in Russian sirota. —⁠Translator’s Note ↩ + 

I.e. political. —⁠Translator’s Note ↩ + 

A character in Gogol’s Dead Souls. —⁠Translator’s Note ↩ + 

All that I am writing here about corporal punishment was true in my time. Now I am told that all this is changed and still changing. ↩ + 

The year of the Polish rising. —⁠Translator’s Note ↩ + 

Passports are meant. —⁠Author’s Note ↩ + 

That is, living in the woods. He means that they too were tramps. —⁠Author’s Note ↩ + 

This expression was literally used in my time, not only by the major, but by many petty officers, especially those who had risen from the lower ranks. ↩ + 

That is, killed a man or woman, suspecting that he or she had put a spell on the cattle, causing their death. We had one such murderer amongst us. ↩ + 

Tatar word. ↩ + 