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1880 Statistical Census

the census

also: статистическая перепись

Refers to Russian imperial census preparations of the period, whose official personal-data forms Chekhov's appended squib parodies with absurd supplementary questions.

Reading notes

Mentioned in 5 works (14 mentions)

The Sinner from Toledo Stories · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 11 September 1890. Tatarsky proliv, parokhod "Baykal". letter · 1 mention
To A. F. Koni, 26 January 1891. Petersburg. letter · 1 mention
Notebooks. Diaries Notebooks · 3 mentions
Sakhalin Island Nonfiction · 8 mentions

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