Arrival on Sakhalin
· Sakhalin Island, Russia
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International · file Chekhov telegraphed his mother upon arriving safely on Sakhalin, where he would conduct his detailed investigation of penal-colony life. The telegram names only Sakhalin; coordinate is therefore a representative island point. Date is reproduced as printed and may use the Russian Old Style calendar.
