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Sea of Azov
also: Азовское море
The inland sea north of the Black Sea, bordering Taganrog (Chekhov's own hometown) -- here comically imagined as drowning in Taganrog's mud, a private local joke.
Reading notes
- The Alarm Clock's Calendar §214 Sea of Azov
The inland sea bordering Chekhov's hometown of Taganrog; the joke of the sea itself "drowning" in Taganrog's proverbial mud is a private, hometown dig.
- Russian Coal §16 Sea of Azov
The inland sea north of the Black Sea; the count vaguely gestures near it on the map without being able to specify where the coal actually lies.