place
Syrnya
also: Сырня, Сырню, Сырни
The snowbound village where Lesnitsky's inquest takes place, standing for the indistinguishable, storm-locked provinces against Lyzhin's longed-for Moscow.
Reading notes
- On Official Business §2 Syrnya
The snowbound village where the story's inquest takes place, one of many indistinguishable corners of the provinces in Chekhov's fiction.