# Endnotes explained — Resurrection

> Chapter companion for Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

## What happens

This section provides translator's notes clarifying Russian cultural terms, customs, currency, measurements, and historical references used throughout the novel.

## Key lines

> Isvóstchik ⁠—cabman.

Isvóstchik means cabman.

_Translator's note defining a Russian term._

> The rouble, which up to a few years ago fluctuated violently in value, has now been fixed at a little over two shillings.

The rouble is now fixed at a little over two shillings.

_Historical note on currency value._

> The Emperor Alexander II was killed on the 1st of March (old style).

Emperor Alexander II was assassinated on March 1st according to the old calendar.

_Historical reference to the assassination of Alexander II._

> In Moscow, in the beginning of the eighth decade of this century, five convicts died of sunstroke in one day on their way from the Boutýrki prison to the Níjni railway station.

In Moscow in the early 1870s, five convicts died of sunstroke in one day while being marched from Boutýrki prison to Níjni railway station.

_Historical fact about convict deaths._

> Leaders of rebellions in Russia: Sténka Razín in the 17th and Pougatchéff in the 18th century.

Sténka Razín and Pougatchéff were leaders of Russian rebellions in the 17th and 18th centuries respectively.

_Historical note on rebel leaders._

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