place
Peter and Paul Fortress
also: Петропавловская крепость, Petropavlovskaya Krepost
A fortress in St. Petersburg long used as a political prison for those who ran afoul of the imperial authorities; Chekhov invokes it mock-seriously as the fate awaiting anyone bold enough to criticize his now quasi-officially sanctioned work.
Reading notes
- The Duel §780 Peter and Paul Fortress
The St. Petersburg fortress used as a political prison; Samoylenko clarifies that dueling offenders are confined in a military fortress, not this one.
- To M. V. Kiseleva, 28 September 1887. Moscow. §6 Peter and Paul Fortress
The St. Petersburg fortress used to hold political prisoners; invoked here purely for comic exaggeration, the mock-dire consequence facing Alexei Sergeyevich Kiselev should he dare criticize Chekhov's now "officially sanctioned" work.