Rachel Sinex

pg. 307 — Nevsky Prospect
Street in Moscow near the hospital Nastya goes to for a complication in her pregnancy. The significance of these locations is simply that Innokenty wanders the streets worried about Nastya. 

pg. 307 — Moscow Station
Train station in Moscow. The significance of this location is that Innokenty wandered around Moscow to pass the night till he could see Nastya at the hospital again. 

pg. 307 — Znamenskaya Square
A square in Moscow where Innokenty wanders as he waits to see Nastya at the hospital. Innokenty reflects on how this is no longer the real name of the square, showing how much things have changed since he was frozen. 

pg. 308 — Nevsky Monastery 
This is a monastery in Moscow where Innokenty wanders while he is walking around at night waiting to see Nastya at the hospital. 

pg. 308 — MuniWater
Innokenty sees a MuniWater truck at the monastery and then again at the cemetery, where he finds out they are doing water line repairs. This leads him to the next scene where he discovers Osipovich's casket. 

pg. 308 — Nikolsky Cemetery/Terenty Osipovich’s Casket 
Innokenty visits the cemetery while he is wandering the streets of Moscow in the before mentioned scenes. He once again sees the MuniWater truck and discovers they are doing repairs. Because of the repairs, some of the caskets are removed from their resting places, including Innokenty's old acquaintance Terenty Osipobich. Innokenty lifts up the lid of the casket and sees the skeleton of Terenty. Even though Terenty is just a skeleton, Innokenty is able to recognize him. This is a grim moment where Innokenty is faced with his past as well as its nonexistence in the present. 

pg. 310 — aeroplane "Farman-4"
Innokenty asks Geiger to find a description of this airplane. According to Geiger, this plane is "a biplane, with two pairs of wings" and is a two-seater. It was "manufactured during 1910-1916" with a 65-horsepower engine and a propeller with a 2.5 meter diameter. The plane weighed 444 kilos and was capable of lifting 180 kilos. Aviator Frolov, whom Innokenty saw fly and perish, flew and perished in one of these planes. This event is significant because Innokenty very vividly remembers it, especially how he gave the aviator his last cigarette before he crashed and died. 

pg. 313 — positron-emission tomography (PET) scan
A PET scan is a functional scan that uses a radioactive tracer to show tissue and organ function in the body. This is significant with regard to the story because Geiger finds out via a PET scan that Innokenty's deterioration is not isolated to his brain and has spread to other aspects of his body, such as his muscle tissue. 

pg. 317 — hysteria 
Hysteria is exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion. Innokenty describes himself as being hysteric after hearing the news of his spreading cell death. His behavior changes, for example he decides for a brief period not to write. This changes when he decides to write for his daughter and to keep living his life until he has no more to give. 

pg. 319 — St. Prince Vladimir Cathedral 
Innokenty and Nastya get married at this cathedral in a Russian orthodox ceremony. 

pg. 322 — Anna 
Anna is the name Innokenty and Nastya decide to call their daughter because her due date is on the celebration of Saint Anna, the mother of Mary in the Christian Tradition. 

pg. 333 — mosquitos
Mosquitos feature strongly in Nastya's description of Siverskaya, the "dacha capital of Russia." This is one example of the descriptions which Innokenty asks both Geiger and Nastya to write. These descriptions are of the ordinary, everyday happenings, which Innokenty believes to be of more significance that large-scale historical knowledge.