Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian writer, prose writer, dramatist, publicist, physician, and public figure in the field of charity.

A classic of world literature. Honorary Academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in the category of belles-lettres (1900–1902). One of the most famous playwrights in the world. His works have been translated into more than one hundred languages. His plays, especially The Seagull, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard, have been staged in many theaters around the world for more than one hundred years.

Over 25 years of creative work, Chekhov created more than five hundred different works (short humorous stories, serious novellas, plays), many of which became classics of world literature. Particular attention was drawn to The Steppe, A Boring Story, The Duel, Ward No. 6, The House with the Mezzanine, The Darling, The Grasshopper, An Anonymous Story, Peasants, A Man in a Case, In the Ravine, Children, and A Hunting Drama; among the plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard.

In addition to his literary and medical work, Chekhov attached enormous importance to charitable activity in the sphere of helping the hungry, children, peasants, and tuberculosis patients; he was an authorized representative of the Board of the Yalta Charitable Society, organized fund drives for those in need, and regularly published newspaper texts devoted to the situation of socially vulnerable groups in Russia.

Childhood He was born on 17 (29) January 1860 in Taganrog, in a small adobe house on Police Street (now Chekhov Street), into the family of third-guild merchant and owner of a grocery shop Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov and