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Yermak (steamer)

Yermak

also: "Ермак"

The river steamer on which Chekhov travelled down the Amur in June 1890, having just completed the roughly 4,500-verst overland leg of his journey across Siberia; named in the datelines of the letters to Alexey Plescheev (20 June) and Maria Kiseleva (21 June), both written aboard it below Pokrovskaya, and both remarking on its uncomfortable shaking.

Mentioned in 5 works (9 mentions)

To the Chekhovs, 20 June 1890. Shilka, parokhod "Ermak". letter · 2 mentions
To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 20 June 1890. Amur, parokhod "Ermak". letter · 2 mentions
To M. V. Kiseleva, 21 June 1890. Amur pod Pokrovskoy, parokhod "Ermak". letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 21 June 1890. Amur pod Pokrovskoy, parokhod "Ermak". letter · 2 mentions
To A. S. Suvorin, 27 June 1890. Blagoveshchensk. letter · 2 mentions

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