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Asperges's avatar

Most excellent piece. Thank you!

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Vanechka's avatar

beams of appreciation sir

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valentin razumov's avatar

Fantastic piece and very insightful footnotes! I've never seen anyone on Substack so rooted into intricacies of translation and word use.

Браво! Жду больше постов о русских писателях!

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Vanechka's avatar

Спасибо! Посты обязательно будут.

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Escape from Pindostan's avatar

Nice, I still prefer his later short stories to his plays.....and like Chekhov,prefer Moscow to all other cities

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