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Nikolaevsky Railway
Nikolaevsky station
also: Николаевская железная дорога, Nikolaevsky railway station
Russia's first major intercity railway (opened 1851), connecting St. Petersburg and Moscow. The two friends meet at its station.
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 30 July 1886. Babkino. §7 the Nikolaevskaya railway, Kryukovo station
The Moscow-St. Petersburg trunk line (opened 1851); Leikin, coming from Petersburg, would leave the train at Kryukovo station and continue by hired coachman to reach Chekhov's summer quarters.
- Fat and Thin §1 Nikolaevsky railway station
The St. Petersburg terminus of the Nikolaevsky line (opened 1851), Russia's first major intercity railway, linking the capital with Moscow.