place
Kuznetsky Most
also: Кузнецкий Мост
A fashionable Moscow street known for shopping and, in winter, sledding; a familiar landmark of the Chekhov family's new city life after their move from Taganrog.
Reading notes
- The Philanthropist §20 Kuznetsky
Kuznetsky Most, a fashionable shopping street in central Moscow lined with fancy-goods shops and a familiar meeting point for the well-to-do.
- To Yu. I. Lyadova, 18 November 1879. Moscow. §5 Kuznetsky Most
A fashionable Moscow street known for shopping and promenading, and in winter for sledding; a familiar landmark of the family's new city life after their move from Taganrog.
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 20 October 1888. Moscow. §6 обвалилась высокая кирпичная стена... подавила много людей
a factual report of a fatal accident, translated faithfully and without softening. A tall brick wall on the Kuznetsky Most (a well-known Moscow shopping street) collapsed and fell across the street on the day of writing, crushing a great many people ("подавила много людей"), with Chekhov's sister, Maria Pavlovna, having been on the spot ("в присутствии сестры") when it happened. No embellishment or minimization has been introduced; the source states the event plainly and the translation follows suit.
- Spring's Arrival (A Discourse) §9 Kuznetsky
Kuznetsky Most, a fashionable shopping street in central Moscow lined with foreign boutiques -- ironically named as one of the few spots where the mud, at the height of the thaw, might actually let a galosh go.