It would be better if it happened not in Kharkoff or in kursk, but here, in nature's lap.
"Uncle Vanya"
Anton Checkov
My wife is at kursk, in service with a merchant.
"Best Russian Short Stories"
Various
Somewhere near kursk or near Serpuhovo, exhausted and dying of hunger, he would sink down and die.
"The Wife and Other Stories"
Anton Chekhov