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Nikolskaya Street
Nikolskaya
A principal street of old Moscow running from Red Square, historically lined with shops, printing houses, and taverns.
Reading notes
- To M. M. Dyukovsky, 5 February 1883. Moscow. §5 Nikolskaya Street
A street in old Moscow near Red Square long associated with cheap printing houses and booksellers; "selling on Nikolskaya" was period shorthand for having a work brought out via the low end of the popular press rather than a proper journal or publisher.
- Vanka §2 Nikolskaya Street
One of old Moscow's principal streets, running from Red Square toward Lubyanka, lined with shops and taverns.