place
Slavyansk
also: Славянск, Славянска
A town in the Donbas region between which and Kharkov a sympathetic Russian conductor carries the penniless Imbs for a modest fare.
Reading notes
- To I. L. Leontyev, 22 January 1888. Moscow. §9 Slavyansk
A resort town in the Donbas region known for its salt lakes, where Chekhov planned to summer with his family in 1888 and invites Shcheglov to join them, noting it would cost a third of what Petersburg does.
- To A. L. Selivanova, 6 February 1888. Moscow. §3 Slavyansk
A resort town in the Donbas region (then Kharkov province) known for its salt lakes and summer visitors; the Chekhov family has settled on it as their planned summer residence for 1888.
- To G. M. Chekhov, 9 February 1888. Moscow. §9 Slavyansk
A town in the Donbas region; Chekhov had written ahead asking contacts there to scout a summer estate to rent for the family, part of a broader wish to relocate south.