Then he received petitioners, heard reports, gave audiences, assigned posts and ordered dismissals, apportioned rewards, pensions, and salaries, and attended to correspondence – everyday matters, as he called them, which took up so much of his time.
Потом явились просители, начались доклады, приемы, назначения, удаления, распределения наград, пенсий, жалованья, переписки -- то будничное дело, как называл его Алексей Александрович, отнимавшее так много времени.