""Tchinovnicks, Sketches Of Provincial Life: From The Memoirs Of The Retired Conseiller De Cour Stchedrin Saltikow"" is a book written by Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov and published in 1861. The book is a collection of sketches that depict the lives of bureaucrats and officials in provincial Russia during the 19th century. The main character, Stchedrin Saltikow, is a retired court counselor who provides an insider's perspective on the corruption, incompetence,...