The field-irrigation of the Zaraysk Province had been started by the predecessor of Karenin's predecessor. A great deal of money had been and was being spent quite unproductively on that business, and it was evident that the scheme would lead to nothing.
Questa pratica era stata iniziata dal predecessore di Aleksej Aleksandrovic e infatti per tale affare si era speso e si spendeva molto denaro in modo del tutto improduttivo e non si veniva mai a capo di nulla.