place
Tim (Kursk province)
also: Тим
A real, very small provincial town in Kursk province in south-central Russia -- in Chekhov's day little more than a large muddy settlement; the butt of the story's joke, in which a napping English correspondent mistakes it for the biggest city in Russia.
Reading notes
- The Biggest City §1 town of Tim
Tim was (and is) a real, very small provincial town in Kursk province in south-central Russia -- in Chekhov's day little more than a large muddy village, which is precisely the joke: it is the least plausible candidate imaginable for 'the biggest city.'