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Finland

also: Финляндия

The Grand Duchy of Finland, invoked here as one term in Chekhov's comparison for the landscape of Transbaikalia ("a mixture of Switzerland, the Don, and Finland"); distinct from the more specific (its capital), which appears elsewhere in the corpus as a summer destination.

Mentioned in 9 works (15 mentions)

Poems and Dubia (school-age and disputed juvenilia) Juvenilia · 1 mention

§948 Finland

To N. A. Leikin, 1 April 1885. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§18 Finland

To V. V. Bilibin, 14 February 1886. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§14 Finland

To N. A. Leikin, 17 July 1887. Babkino. letter · 1 mention

§3 Finland

The Wood Demon Plays · 3 mentions

To N. A. Leikin, 20 June 1890. Shilka pod Gorbitsei. letter · 1 mention

§6 Finland

Notebooks. Diaries Notebooks · 1 mention

§3533 Finland

Sakhalin Island Nonfiction · 3 mentions

Uncle Vanya Plays · 3 mentions