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Lake Ladoga
also: Ладожское озеро
A large lake in northwestern Russia near St. Petersburg, on whose shore Leikin kept a dacha; Chekhov jokingly urges Leikin to go there himself rather than wait for his visit.
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 22 May 1887. Babkino. §7 Touring round Lake Ladoga
A large lake northeast of St. Petersburg, popular for steamship pilgrimage-and-sightseeing excursions (notably to the Valaam monastery) in the late nineteenth century; Chekhov contrasts its modest cost with the price of the rail journey to the capital itself.
- To N. A. Leikin, 4 June 1887. Babkino. §4 from Ladoga
Lake Ladoga, northeast of St. Petersburg, on whose shore Leikin kept a dacha; Chekhov planned a steamship excursion there and to fold a visit to Leikin into the return trip.
- To I. P. Chekhov, 4 June 1887. Babkino. §3 Lake Ladoga
A large lake near St. Petersburg, reachable by steamer from the city; Chekhov proposes it as a cheap group excursion, cheaper per head than lodging in Petersburg itself.
- To N. A. Leikin, 9 June 1887. Babkino. §2 Go yourself to Lake Ladoga
A large lake in northwestern Russia, near St. Petersburg, where Leikin kept a dacha; Chekhov jokingly tells him to go on ahead rather than wait for an uncertain visit.