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Kansk

also: Канск

A town on the Siberian Trakt (post road) between Krasnoyarsk and Nizhneudinsk, on Chekhov's overland route to Sakhalin; the site of this letter's joking mix-up with the similarly named Kainsk.

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Mentioned in 2 works (3 mentions)

To the Chekhovs, 31 May 1890. Kansk. letter · 2 mentions
To the Chekhovs, 7 June 1890. Irkutsk. letter · 1 mention

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