Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich

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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904), a writer. Chekhov came into Saint Petersburg more than once since 1885. He mostly stayed at home of A.S. Suvorin, the publisher of the newspaper “The New Time” (6 Ertyelev Lane (now Chekhov Street)). Chekhov kept in business contacts with the publisher A.F. Marx. Chekhov’s impressions concerning Saint Petersburg were reflected in his letters to M.P. Chekhov, N.A. Leykin, M.V. Kiselyeva, M.P. Chekhova and others. Chekhov’s works were published in the Petersburg magazines and newspapers (“The Dragonfly”, “Fragments”, “The Petersburg Newspaper”, “The New Time”, “The Northern Bulletin”) under the different pseudonyms since 1880. Collected stories “Stories” (1888), “Children” (1889), “Gloomy People” (1890) were issued in Saint Petersburg. The drama “Ivanov”, the one-act joke plays “The Bear” and “Suggestion” (all of them were staged in 1889), the play “The Seagal” (1896; Chekhov was present at rehearsals and premiere of the performance which failed) were staged at the Aleksandriysky Theatre. In 1901 at a concert tour in Saint Petersburg the Moscow Art Theatre showed the performance “Three Sisters” which had success. Chekhov visited St. Petersburg last time in 1903. Ertyelev Lane was renamed Chekhov Street in 1923.
Literature: N.I. Gitovich “The Chronicle of the Life and Creative Work of A.P. Chekhov”, M., 1995;
“Chekhov in the Memoirs of Contemporaries” , M., 1986; V.G. Isachenko “The Mansion of Suvorin”, SPb, 1996.
A.D. Margolis Chekhov Anton Pavlovich
Leykin Nikolay Alexandrovich
Marx Adolf Fedorovich
Suvorin Alexey Sergeevich
Suvorin Alexey Sergeevich
Suvorin Alexey Sergeevich
Suvorin Alexey Sergeevich
Chekhova St./Saint Petersburg, city
Гитович Н.И. Летопись жизни и творчества А.П.Чехова. М., 1955.
Чехов в воспоминаниях современников. М., 1986.
Исаченко В. Г. Особняк Суворина. СПб., 1996 Novoe vremya (The New Time), newspaper, 1868-1917
Severny Vestnik (Northern Herald), journal, 1885-1898
Alexandrinsky Theatre