place

the Oka

also: Ока, Oka river

The river on which Aleksin sits, in Tula province; Mikhail Chekhov names it as part of the town's charm in a two-word closing flourish.

Reading notes

To I. P. Chekhov, 10 December 1890. Moscow. §6 Ока
The Oka river, on which Aleksin sits; Mikhail's closing flourish ("Aleksin is a charming place. The Oka.") is a bare two-word coda rather than a full sentence in the source, a small stylistic tic of enthusiasm rather than an incomplete thought.
To I. P. Chekhov, 4 May 1891. Aleksin. §3 the Oka
The river at Aleksin, six minutes' walk from the new dacha; Chekhov returns to it in \S7 as the site of good fishing.