Miniature psalter with psalms in Church Slavonic. The book belonged to the writer’s father Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov (1825-1898).
Anton Pavlovich was born in Taganrog, a large industrial and commercial center of the Rostov region in the south of the Russian Empire. The Assumption Cathedral was considered the main temple of the city. It was here that Chekhov’s parents got married in 1854, and in 1860, in the metric book of the cathedral, a record of the baptism of Anton Pavlovich appeared, which states: ‘His parents, the Taganrog’s 3rd guild merchant Pavel Georgievich Chekhov and his legal wife Yevgenia Yakovlevna, both Orthodox’. The literal text of the metric record is presented on the stand.
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov had many talents: he could play the violin, draw and sang. Pavel Yegorovich’s business can hardly be called prosperous, but he did not spare funds for his children’s education, teaching them useful work and the development of natural inclinations. In the evenings, readings and family theatrical performances were held in the Chekhovs' house. Antosha stood out especially, amusing his loved ones with his masterful reincarnation in an official or in a beggar or in a dentist.
Anton Pavlovich was born in Taganrog, a large industrial and commercial center of the Rostov region in the south of the Russian Empire. The Assumption Cathedral was considered the main temple of the city. It was here that Chekhov’s parents got married in 1854, and in 1860, in the metric book of the cathedral, a record of the baptism of Anton Pavlovich appeared, which states: ‘His parents, the Taganrog’s 3rd guild merchant Pavel Georgievich Chekhov and his legal wife Yevgenia Yakovlevna, both Orthodox’. The literal text of the metric record is presented on the stand.
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov had many talents: he could play the violin, draw and sang. Pavel Yegorovich’s business can hardly be called prosperous, but he did not spare funds for his children’s education, teaching them useful work and the development of natural inclinations. In the evenings, readings and family theatrical performances were held in the Chekhovs' house. Antosha stood out especially, amusing his loved ones with his masterful reincarnation in an official or in a beggar or in a dentist.
