place
The Sobolevsky Dens
the Sobolevsky dens
also: Соболевские вертепы
Colloquial Moscow name for a cluster of disreputable drinking and gambling haunts, named for a proprietor or family called Sobolevsky; distinct from the newspaper editor Vasily Sobolevsky.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 15–28 October 1883. Moscow. §11 the Sobolevsky dens
Moscow slang for a well-known cluster of disreputable drinking and gambling haunts, named for a proprietor or family called Sobolevsky -- distinct from the newspaper editor of the same surname.