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Detsky Otdykh
also: Детский отдых, Children's Recreation
A Moscow children's magazine of the period, mentioned as an outlet for which the amateur Bogemsky ("Finik") hurriedly bungles out stories despite his lack of literary qualification -- a small dig at the period's undiscriminating minor press.
Reading notes
- To M. V. Kiseleva, 21 September 1886. Moscow. §11 hurries to bungle out another story for "Detsky Otdykh"
"Detsky Otdykh" ("Children's Recreation") was a minor Moscow children's periodical; Chekhov's verb (съерундить, roughly "to bungle/botch out") mocks the low bar such outlets set for amateur contributors like Bogemsky.
- To M. V. Kiseleva, 6 January 1888. Moscow. §8 not on a level with "Detsky Otdykh"
Chekhov contrasts "Rodnik," a "privileged" journal that draws serious critical notice, with "Detsky Otdykh" ("Children's Recreation"), implying the latter was a lesser children's periodical -- part of his pitch to Kiseleva that her placement in "Rodnik" is a real professional step up.