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Yar

also: the Yar

A famous, fashionable restaurant on the outskirts of Moscow (Petrovsky Park), a byword for lavish merchant-class entertaining in late-imperial Russia.

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Mentioned in 7 works (19 mentions)

Life in Questions and Exclamations Stories · 1 mention
To N. A. Leikin, 22 November 1886. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To M. P. Chekhova, 5 May 1887. Chasov-Yar. letter · 2 mentions
From Siberia Nonfiction · 2 mentions
To the Chekhovs, 17 May 1890. Krasnyy Yar -- Tomsk. letter · 4 mentions
Three Years Stories · 2 mentions
Sakhalin Island Nonfiction · 7 mentions

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