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Zhivopisnoe obozrenie
also: Живописное обозрение, Живоп обозр
"The Picturesque Review," a St. Petersburg illustrated weekly of general literature and art; Chekhov contrasts its more serious fictional register with what suits a humor magazine like Oskolki.
Reading notes
- To F. A. Chervinsky, 16 November 1889. Moscow. §4 "The Picturesque Review"
"Zhivopisnoe obozrenie," a St. Petersburg illustrated weekly of general literature and art -- the periodical Chervinsky had offered to help place the friend's poem with.
- To N. N. Obolonsky, December 1889. Moscow. §2 the \textit{Picturesque Review}
\textit{Zhivopisnoe obozrenie}, a real St. Petersburg illustrated weekly, named here purely for comic verisimilitude as the (invented) venue where the fictional N.O.'s insulting verses will supposedly appear -- the periodical is real even though the publication event is not.