sahalin's

Updated: May 20, 2025

I was in Sahalin not two months, as you have printed, but three months plus two days. I worked at high pressure. I made a full and minute census of the whole of Sahalin's population, and saw everything except the death penalty. When we see each other I will show you a whole trunkful of stuff about the convicts which is very valuable as raw material.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Letters of Anton Chekhov