The clerk - this definition we met in the lessons of history and literature. I would like to analyze the meaning of this term and the history of its origin.
The historical meaning of the word "clerk"
According to Ushakov's dictionary, a clerk is a person who served on the estate, and also managed the household of his landowner and fulfilled various requests of his master. These characters were found in many works of Russian classical literature: in "Dubrovsky" by A. S. Pushkin, in "Ariadne" by A. P. Chekhov, in "Dead Souls" by N. V. Gogol.
In common parlance, a clerk is an individual who is in slavish subordination to someone, comes in absolute dependence on someone, and also fulfills his desires and whims.
City Clerk
City clerks are people who were elected from the society of service people in the county and were subordinate to the governors. They were responsible for the military and financial spheres. They also de alt with major issues related to administration. The city clerk was often referred to as the "gorodok", and the first mention of this affiliation dates back to 1467. Election of a policemanclerk is a process that was carried out by local nobles. He was appointed for 1 year and approved by the higher government.
Etymology of the origin and fate of the term "clerk"
The word "order" is a noun derived from the verb "order". This definition was formed in the conditions of the strengthening of absolutism in the Russian Empire and the active enslavement of the peasant population. It began to spread everywhere in the 16th century in the era of Ivan the Terrible and his decrees that limited the transfer of peasants from their masters, and in case of disobedience - their active persecution.
The term was used until 1917, when the exploited class became the basis of a new revolutionary society. In this regard, the term has gone down the centuries and is only historicism in dictionaries and history textbooks.
