place
Kolpino
also: Колпино
A small town and railway station on the Nikolaevsky (Moscow-Petersburg) line south of St. Petersburg, near Leikin's household, where Chekhov planned to disembark en route to visit him rather than continuing on to the capital.
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 4 June 1887. Babkino. §4 get off at Kolpino
A railway station on the Moscow-Petersburg line near Leikin's household, where Chekhov planned to disembark rather than continuing on into the capital.
- To I. P. Chekhov, 4 June 1887. Babkino. §2 at Kolpino
A station on the Moscow-Petersburg railway line short of the capital, near Leikin's dacha; Chekhov plans to break his journey there rather than continue on to Petersburg proper.