Three interesting facts from the life of Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, born in 1860 in Taganrog, then still part of the Yekaterinoslav province (now Rostov Region), is a recognized classic of not only Russian, but also world literature. Chekhov's plays were staged, staged and will continue to be prepared by many famous directors.

A little biography of the writer

Anton Pavlovich’s “official” profession was medicine, from which Chekhov almost completely withdrew by the middle of his life, later becoming an honorary academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in the category of fine literature.

His childhood cannot be called carefree, as the future writer was born in a very poor large family of Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov, who was a very religious person and the owner of a small trading shop in Taganrog. The writer himself said this about the first years of his life: "In childhood, I did not have a childhood."

At that time, nothing was yet foretelling that a simple Taganrog boy would become one of the most famous playwrights of the planet, whose plays will be translated into many languages ​​and put on many stage venues. His most famous works include The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, Chamber No. 6, The Man in the Case, Three Sisters, Ivanov, Uncle Vanya, and many others.