place
Nakhichevan
also: Нахичевани
A town/region referenced twice in the calendar -- likely Nakhichevan-on-Don, an Armenian settlement near Rostov, rather than the distant Caucasus exclave.
Reading notes
- The Alarm Clock's Calendar §35 Nakhichevan
Most likely Nakhichevan-on-Don, an Armenian merchant town near Rostov (rather than the distant Caucasus exclave); site of the calendar's mock "universal flood."
- The Beauties §26 Rostov and Nakhichevan
Nakhichevan-on-Don, historically a separate Armenian-founded town adjoining Rostov (later absorbed into the city), sighted together with Rostov as the travelers near the end of their journey.
- The Liberal Sweetheart §51 Nakhichevan
Likely Nakhichevan-on-Don, an Armenian merchant town near Rostov (now absorbed into Rostov-on-Don), invoked here as a byword for a stereotyped, easily-mocked ethnic community and its dialect.
- Notebooks. Diaries §4031 Nakhichevan
An Armenian-founded town adjoining Rostov-on-Don (since absorbed into the city), which Chekhov remarks had been newly electrified since his last visit.