periodical
Chtenie v Imperatorskom Obshchestve Istorii i Drevnostey Rossiyskikh
Readings in the Society of Archaeology
also: Чтение в Обществе археологии, "Readings in the Society of Archaeology"
A periodical of historical and antiquarian "readings" (proceedings) associated with a Russian learned society devoted to history and antiquities; Chekhov sends Suvorin its 1875 nos. 1 and 2 as part of the same batch of Sakhalin/historical-research reading material sent alongside Krasheninnikov and Khvostov and Davydov.