place

Trubnaya Square

the Trumpet

also: Труба, Trubnaya ploshchad, the Trumpet

A Moscow square known for its bird and flower market, notorious in Chekhov's era for chronically poor drainage and deep mud in the spring thaw.

Reading notes

At the Telephone §40 Trubnaya Square
A well-known Moscow square, given here as a landmark to disambiguate the Hermitage restaurant -- part of the narrator's growing, increasingly desperate specificity as the mix-ups pile up.
In Moscow, on Trubnaya Square §1 Trubnaya, or simply the Truba
A Moscow square famous for its Sunday market in birds, small animals, and fish, held into the early twentieth century.
Spring's Arrival (A Discourse) §9 the Trumpet
Trubnaya Square ("Truba"), a Moscow square known for its bird and flower market, notorious in this era for chronically poor drainage and deep mud -- the joke's punchline location.