place

the Shilka

Shilka

also: Шилка, Shilka River

A river of Transbaikalia and a headwater tributary of the Amur, down which Chekhov traveled by steamer from Sretensk; the letter is dated and re-dated from a point on the river below Gorbitsa, and its closing image -- beautiful but oppressively empty banks, "a cage without a bird" -- is set on this stretch.

Mentioned in 3 works (6 mentions)

To the Chekhovs, 20 June 1890. Shilka, parokhod "Ermak". letter · 2 mentions

§1 Shilka
§6 the Shilka

To N. A. Leikin, 20 June 1890. Shilka pod Gorbitsei. letter · 3 mentions

§1 Shilka
§3 the Shilka
§11 the Shilka

To the Chekhovs, 26 June 1890. Ot Pokrovskoy do Blagoveshchenska. letter · 1 mention

§3 the Shilka