Translator’s note — a famous animal trainer.
7
Country Youth School.
8
Translator’s note — leatherette.
9
Translator’s note — literally ‘little apple’ — a popular song in the Red Navy.
10
Translator’s note — diminutive from ‘Vasiliy’.
11
Translator’s note — abbreviation for Metro Construction.
12
Translator’s note — FZU — Factory-Plant School — a common educational establishment for young industrial workers in the USSR in 1930s.
13
Translator’s note — gumboots.
14
Translator’s note — A historic site in Moscow.
15
Translator’s note — local trade union.
16
Editor’s note — literally, ‘Little Anna’.
17
People’s commissar, or minister.
18
Translator’s note — a set of sports and fitness tests.
19
Translator’s note — a set of tests on primary medical skills.
20
Translator’s note — shooting skills award for civilians.
21
Translator’s note — a recreation park in Moscow.
22
Translator’s note — literally, “
