person
Sinani
also: Синани, караим Синани
A Karaite merchant who sits in Asmolov's shop in Yalta; Chekhov addresses a telegram to Maria Pavlovna (Masha) care of Sinani at the shop while she is visiting the Crimea. The Karaites are a distinct Turkic-speaking, Jewish-scripture-adhering ethnic and religious community, historically and legally differentiated in the Russian Empire from Ashkenazi Jews.
Reading notes
- To Ye. M. Shavrova, 20 June 1891. Bogimovo. §5 Leave your address with Sinani
Sinani, a Karaite merchant in Yalta whose shop Chekhov elsewhere uses as an informal mail drop and meeting point for Crimean acquaintances; he proposes Shavrova leave a forwarding address there in case his tentative August trip to the Crimea materializes.