The exhibition at the estate of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov outside Moscow covers seven years of the writer’s life, his medical practice, family chronicles, and 42 works written during the years in Melikhovo.
The Manor house of the Melikhovo estate was fully restored from memories and drawings, including those by Maria Chekhova, the writer’s sister. The exhibition features rare family photographs of parents, brothers, nephews and Anton Pavlovich himself, as well as personal belongings of the writer, paintings by Isaac Levitan and authentic attributes of the Chekhov era.
Melikhovo is the seven years of Anton Chekhov’s life from 1892 to 1899 before he moved to Yalta due to his failing health. During his “seven Melikhovo years” Chekhov built three schools, treated his fellow villagers free of charge even during a cholera epidemic, raised money for the fire victims and wrote 42 works, including “The Seagull”, “Uncle Vanya”, “Ward No. 6”, “Muzhiki”, “The Man in the Case”, “The House with a Mezzanine”, “The Teacher of Literature”, “The Black Monk”, “On Duty”, “Ionych”, “About Love”, and “Gooseberries”.
The exhibition at the Melikhovo estate is an invitation to get to know Anton Pavlovich Chekhov not only as a classic of Russian literature, but also as a lively, charming, educated, sensitive and extraordinary person.
Exhibits are marked with AR stickers for identification purposes.
The Manor house of the Melikhovo estate was fully restored from memories and drawings, including those by Maria Chekhova, the writer’s sister. The exhibition features rare family photographs of parents, brothers, nephews and Anton Pavlovich himself, as well as personal belongings of the writer, paintings by Isaac Levitan and authentic attributes of the Chekhov era.
Melikhovo is the seven years of Anton Chekhov’s life from 1892 to 1899 before he moved to Yalta due to his failing health. During his “seven Melikhovo years” Chekhov built three schools, treated his fellow villagers free of charge even during a cholera epidemic, raised money for the fire victims and wrote 42 works, including “The Seagull”, “Uncle Vanya”, “Ward No. 6”, “Muzhiki”, “The Man in the Case”, “The House with a Mezzanine”, “The Teacher of Literature”, “The Black Monk”, “On Duty”, “Ionych”, “About Love”, and “Gooseberries”.
The exhibition at the Melikhovo estate is an invitation to get to know Anton Pavlovich Chekhov not only as a classic of Russian literature, but also as a lively, charming, educated, sensitive and extraordinary person.
Exhibits are marked with AR stickers for identification purposes.
