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Nov' ("Virgin Soil")

Novy

also: Новь, Нови

A St. Petersburg illustrated weekly of the early 1880s that, like many subscription journals of the day, gave away framed art prints as premiums to attract subscribers.

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The Christmas Tree §41 Novy
\emph{Nov'} ("Virgin Soil"), a St. Petersburg illustrated weekly of the early 1880s that, like many subscription journals of the day, gave away framed art prints as premiums to attract subscribers.
To N. A. Leikin, 30 July 1886. Babkino. §9 "Nov'"
"Nov'" ("Virgin Soil"), a conservative Petersburg thick journal, here dismissed by Chekhov because of its hostile review, which called his stories "the ravings of a madman."