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Kharkov-Nikolayev Railway
the Kharkov-Nikolayev line
also: Харьково-Николаевская дорога, Kharkov-Nikolayev line
A real trunk railway line running from Kharkov south to Nikolayev on the Black Sea coast; Chekhov reports seeing a fortune-telling "physico-chemical apparatus" act while traveling along it in autumn 1888.
Reading notes
- To N. A. Lei Kin, 5 October 1888. Moscow. §6 the Kharkov-Nikolayev line
A real trunk railway running from Kharkov south to Nikolayev, the setting of the fortune-telling-machine anecdote that follows.