Chapter 7The Evil Apartment[Nekhoroshaia kvartira]The Evil Apartment: 302bis Sadovaya six-storey apartment house arranged like
the letter pokoi on Sadovaya--Burgin and O'Connor, like every other
translator before them, delete this reference to the Russian letter P (pokoi).
woodshed where priceless valuables were found Pyramidon--a pain reliever like aspirin. Aminopyrine, Pyramidon was available in Russia until recently. Skhodnya--A suburb of Moscow to the north. Professor of black magic, Woland huge wax seal--The seal on the door usually meant someone had been arrested and his possessions were sealed for further investigation. Hence Styopa's concern about unnecessary conversations. thin as a lath and wearing a pince-nez Voronezh--A large city in the South of Russia. |