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Zemsky

also: Земский

A Moscow bookseller who sent Liodor Palmin an illiterate, abusive letter provoked by Ivan Shcheglov's prose writing; Chekhov relays the anecdote to Leikin as comic material.

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To N. A. Leikin, 12–13 February 1884. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

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