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Ceylon

also: Цейлон, Цейлоне, Colombo in Ceylon

Island in the Indian Ocean (present-day Sri Lanka), a stop on Chekhov's sea voyage home from Sakhalin via Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Suez Canal; figured repeatedly in his homecoming letters as the 'paradise' counterpart to Sakhalin's 'hell,' and the source of the pet mongooses he brought back to Moscow.

Reading notes

To V. A. Tikhonov, 21 November 1891. Moscow. §7 Ceylon
A stop on Chekhov's sea voyage home from Sakhalin, elsewhere the source of the pet mongooses he brought back to Moscow.

Mentioned in 11 works (11 mentions)

To I. L. Leontyev, 16 March 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§5 Ceylon

To A. S. Suvorin, 9 December 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§6 Ceylon

To N. A. Leikin, 10 December 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§4 Colombo in Ceylon

To I. L. Leontyev, 10 December 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§4 Ceylon

To A. S. Suvorin, 23 December 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§3 Ceylon

To Al. P. Chekhov, 27 December 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§5 Ceylon

To G. M. Chekhov, 29 December 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§5 Ceylon

To V. A. Tikhonov, 21 November 1891. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§7 Ceylon

To the Chekhovs, 1891. Venice. letter · 1 mention

§15 Ceylon

To the Board of the Moscow Zoological Garden, 14 January 1892. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§4 Ceylon

Sakhalin Island Nonfiction · 1 mention

§496 Ceylon