place
Molchanovka
also: Молчановка
A real Moscow street near the Arbat, used here as the plausible-sounding address of a fictitious quack doctor's signboard.
Reading notes
- Doctor Chertolobov §1 Molchanovka
A real Moscow street near the Arbat, lined in Chekhov's day with private houses and modest professional practices -- exactly the kind of address a small-time doctor would advertise.