The photograph of the Chekhov family was taken on the day of the 20th wedding anniversary of Pavel Yegorovich and Evgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhov. Anton Pavlovich is second from the left, standing. A younger boy to his left is his brother Ivan, later a teacher. To Anton’s right, leaning against him, is his brother Nikolay, the future painter. Also standing is the eldest brother, Alexander, the future publicist and author of memoirs about the Chekhovs’ childhood; he worked under the pseudonyms of Agafopod Yedinitsyn, Aloe, and Sedoy. Next to Alexander is his uncle Mitrofan Yegorovich, a townsman and churchwarden.
Sitting, from left to right, are the future lawyer Mikhail Chekhov; the only girl in the family, Maria, affectionately called Ma-Pa and Masheta; her father Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov, a merchant and clerk; the mother Eugenia Yakovlevna; Mitrofan Yegorovich’s wife Lyudmila Pavlovna and their young son Georges.
The photo was taken in Taganrog, Anton Chekhov’s hometown, where he lived until he was 19 years old. The Chekhovs rented a two-story brick mansion at 100 Alexandrovskaya Street from the merchant Moiseyev for five years. The lower floor was occupied by Pavel Yegorovich’s shop with a sign saying “Tea, sugar, coffee, and other colonial goods”, and the living quarters were located upstairs. Like his elder brothers, Anton helped supervise the business in the shop. Today, this building is home to the Chekhovs’ Shop Museum.
His brother Alexander once confided to Anton Pavlovich,
Sitting, from left to right, are the future lawyer Mikhail Chekhov; the only girl in the family, Maria, affectionately called Ma-Pa and Masheta; her father Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov, a merchant and clerk; the mother Eugenia Yakovlevna; Mitrofan Yegorovich’s wife Lyudmila Pavlovna and their young son Georges.
The photo was taken in Taganrog, Anton Chekhov’s hometown, where he lived until he was 19 years old. The Chekhovs rented a two-story brick mansion at 100 Alexandrovskaya Street from the merchant Moiseyev for five years. The lower floor was occupied by Pavel Yegorovich’s shop with a sign saying “Tea, sugar, coffee, and other colonial goods”, and the living quarters were located upstairs. Like his elder brothers, Anton helped supervise the business in the shop. Today, this building is home to the Chekhovs’ Shop Museum.
His brother Alexander once confided to Anton Pavlovich,
