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As to steamers and sailing vessels, piers and harbours, what strikes one most of all is the poverty of the Russians. Except the "popovkas," which look like Moscow merchants' wives, and two or three decent steamers, there is nothing to speak of in the bay. ... In the morning it was deadly dull.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Letters of Anton Chekhov
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