place
the Khorol
Khorol
also: Хорол
A river in Poltava province, Ukraine, on whose bank Chekhov hopes to build cottages and found a literary colony once he has bought the farmstead near the Smagins' in summer 1888.
Reading notes
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 27 August 1888. Sumy. §5 Khorol
A river in Poltava province on whose bank Chekhov jokes about building cottages ("wings") to found a literary colony, once the farmstead purchase goes through.
- To A. S. Suvorin, 29 August 1888. Sumy. §6 the Khorol
A river in Poltava province running through the farmstead Chekhov toured, part of what he found appealing about the "cozy, poetic little spot."