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the Archipelago
also: Архипелаг, Архипелаге
"The Archipelago" (Архипелаг), the customary Russian name for the Aegean Sea and its islands; Chekhov reports catching cold there on the final sea leg of his return voyage from Sakhalin, shortly before this letter's arrival home in Moscow.
Reading notes
- To F. A. Kumanin, 10 December 1890. Moscow. §2 I caught cold in the Archipelago
"The Archipelago" (Архипелаг), the customary Russian name for the Aegean Sea and its islands; Chekhov's return route from Sakhalin took him by sea through the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, with the Aegean crossing forming the last sea leg before landfall and the final overland journey to Moscow -- he reports catching the cold that still afflicts him on that stretch.