place
Amur Inn
also: Амурское подворье, Amurskoye podvorye
A hostelry in Irkutsk where Chekhov lodged partway through his overland crossing of Siberia in June 1890, and which he gave to his family as his mailing address for that leg of the journey.
Reading notes
- To the Chekhovs, 7 June 1890. Irkutsk. §2 Amur Inn
Амурское подворье ("Amur Inn" or "Amur Courtyard"), a hostelry in Irkutsk -- an actual establishment, not a figure of speech, and Chekhov's mailing address for this stage of the Siberian crossing. He asks the family to wire their fuller reply there care of this address.