Leo Tolstoy Archive
Written: 1885
Source: Original Text from Gutenberg.org
Transcription/Markup: Andy Carloff
Online Source: RevoltLib.com; 2021
1. One hundred kopecks make a ruble. The kopeck is worth about half a cent.
2. A non-intoxicating drink usually made from rye-malt and rye-flour.
3. The brick oven in a Russian peasant’s hut is usually built so as to leave a flat top, large enough to lie on, for those who want to sleep in a warm place.
4. 120 “desyatins.” The “desyatina” is properly 2.7 acres; but in this story round numbers are used.
5. Three rubles per “desyatina.”
6. Five “kopecks” for a “desyatina.”