place
Novodevichy Convent
Novodevichy
also: Новодевичий монастырь, Novodevichy
A historic convent in Moscow with an attached cemetery; Chekhov reports going there to bury the journalist Nikolai Gilyarov-Platonov.
Reading notes
- To G. M. Chekhov, 17 October 1887. Moscow. §26 Novodevichy Convent
A historic Moscow convent with an attached cemetery, where Chekhov attends the funeral of the journalist Nikolai Gilyarov-Platonov.
- Three Sisters §155 Novodevichy
Novodevichy Convent in Moscow, whose cemetery was (and remains) a prestigious burial ground; the sisters' mother is buried there, a fact that sharpens their longing for Moscow as also a longing to be near her grave.