place
Kiev
also: Киев
The historic capital of Ukraine, then a major city of the Russian Empire, named here simply as a character's place of service.
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 26 January 1887. Moscow. §5 as if I had walked to Kiev on foot
A stock Russian hyperbole for extreme fatigue, alluding to the tradition of pilgrims walking on foot from Moscow to Kiev's monasteries -- Chekhov uses it here purely as an idiom for exhaustion, not a literal itinerary.
- The Mysteries of One Hundred and Forty-Four Catastrophes §15 Kiev
The historic capital of Ukraine, then a major city of the Russian Empire; named here simply as Sviridov's place of service.
- In the Carriage §10 Kiev
A major city of the Russian Empire (now the capital of Ukraine), here simply the magistrate's destination on this cross-country night train.
- Vanka §14 Kiev
The ancient city on the Dnieper, a major pilgrimage and trade destination; paired with Moscow here as a byword for a long journey.