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Polyakov

A byword reference to the Polyakov brothers, fabulously wealthy Russian railway-concession financiers of the era, invoked as an emblem of great personal wealth.

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Mentioned in 5 works (28 mentions)

In the Carriage Stories · 1 mention
To I. P. Chekhov, October 1883. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
Home Remedies Stories · 1 mention
Notebooks. Diaries Notebooks · 2 mentions
Sakhalin Island Nonfiction · 23 mentions

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