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Vladimir Province

Vladimir province

also: Владим губ, Владимирская губерния

A province east of Moscow that Chekhov proposed as a short trip to distract the ailing Isaac Levitan in the spring of 1885, before Levitan instead disappeared to an unexplained destination.

Reading notes

To A. I. Smagin, 24 November 1891. Moscow. §7 word has reached him from Vladimir province that three bear dens are already waiting for him
Vladimir province, a district east of Moscow, here the source of a hunting tip -- three located bear dens (\textit{берлоги}) -- that draws Gilyarovsky back out despite having no time to spare.