place
Strastnoy Convent
the Strastnoy Convent
also: Страстной монастырь, Strastnoy Monastery
A Moscow women's convent (demolished in the Soviet period) that stood at the head of Tverskoy Boulevard; its gate lamp is a fixed point in the story's nighttime scene.
Reading notes
- M. P. §3 the Strastnoy Convent
A Moscow women's convent (demolished in the Soviet period) that stood at the head of Tverskoy Boulevard, its gate lamp visible from the bench where the friends sit.