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Petrovka

also: Петровка

A fashionable shopping street in central Moscow running near Kuznetsky Most, named alongside it as one of the few spots where a thaw-bound galosh might actually part ways with its owner for good.

Reading notes

The Lady with the Little Dog §69 along Petrovka
A fashionable shopping street in central Moscow, part of the settled city routine Gurov sinks back into on his return.
To V. N. Davydov, 3 January 1888. Moscow. §9 Petrovka, Kharitonov's house
Chekhov's own return address at the time: rented rooms on Petrovka Street, a fashionable central Moscow street, in a house belonging to one Kharitonov, care of a household member or lodger referred to only as "Eugène."
To N. N. Obolonsky, 8 November 1889. Moscow. §7 Petrovka, Kabanov's house
A local Moscow delivery address: Petrovka, a well-known central Moscow street, at the (otherwise unidentified) house of a landlord or building-owner named Kabanov, where Obolonsky was apparently reachable at the time. No postal stamps or routing data survive with this item.
On Official Business §16 the Petrovka
A fashionable Moscow street, paired with the Nevsky as an emblem of the urban life Lyzhin and Starchenko long for on their snowbound night.
Spring's Arrival (A Discourse) §9 Petrovka
Petrovka, another fashionable central Moscow shopping street running near Kuznetsky Most, named alongside it as a comically upscale spot to lose a galosh in the thaw.