He therefore possessed one of the most serviceable qualities in Russia-one which, as the celebrated novelist Tourgueneff says, "will lead to the highest positions in the Muscovite empire."
Eta guztiz gomendagarria da Errusian ezaugarri horren jabe izatea, Turgeniev eleberri egile ospetsuak zioenez, Moskuko inperioaren posturik gorenetaraino iristeko behar-beharrezkoa baita.