institution
the humor magazine's editorial office
humor magazine
also: office of a humor magazine
The satirical weekly Upryamov is bound for with his drawings; such journals were a thriving, censor-watched part of the early-1880s Russian press, and Chekhov's own early career passed through them.
Reading notes
- A Young Man §3 office of a humor magazine
Humor and satire weeklies were a thriving and closely censored part of the Russian press in the early 1880s; Chekhov himself began his career placing sketches with such journals, which makes Upryamov's predicament lightly autobiographical.