Note 14 — Chapter II · FROM MONASTERY TO PRISON CAMP
F. H. (Francis Hamilton) Lyon translation
This appalling portmanteau word, a fine flower of Soviet officia phraseology, signifies Kemsky peresylotchno-raspredelnitelnyi punkt (Kem distributing centre for prisoners passing through). These long-winded official designations, of no interest to the general reader, are given here for the benefit of students of Soviet Russian affairs.