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Abyssinia

also: Абиссиния, Ethiopia

The historical name for Ethiopia, the region targeted by Nikolai Ashinov's unauthorized 1889 colonial expedition and later associated, in Chekhov's letter, with Father Paisy's own missionary schemes.

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Mentioned in 3 works (4 mentions)

To A. S. Suvorin, 14 February 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 23 February 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
Notebooks. Diaries Notebooks · 2 mentions

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