place
Vyborgskaya
also: Выборгская, Vyborg Side, Выборгская сторона
A working-class district on the northern bank of the Neva in St. Petersburg, the destination of the officer who is Iona's first fare of the evening -- an unglamorous, outlying errand typical of the grind of a cabman's trade.
Reading notes
- Misery §5 Выборгскую
Vyborgskaya storona (the Vyborg Side) is a district of St. Petersburg on the northern bank of the Neva, at the time a working-class outlying area reached by crossing the river -- a real, unglamorous destination that underscores the mundane grind of Iona's fares.