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Vallano the Taganrog Turk
Vallano
also: Вальяно
A real, notoriously wealthy Taganrog grain-merchant and smuggler (Marino Vallano) of Chekhov's native city, invoked in the mock-will as a byword for a man who actually has money.
Reading notes
- The Liberal §53 Vallano the Taganrog Turk
A real, notoriously wealthy Taganrog grain-merchant of Chekhov's native city, cited here as a byword for a man who actually has money -- unlike the narrator.