Anton Chekhov

Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)

dramatic principle that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed

historic house in Taganrog, Russia

Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and memoirist (1855-1913)

Russian humorous, literary and artistic weekly magazine published in St Petersburg from 1881 to 1916

Russian teacher, artist, founder of the Chekhov Memorial House museum in Yalta, editor (1863-1957)

Anton Chekhov's house in Yalta, Crimea

Russian writer and theater critic (1865–1936)

crater on Mercury

thumb|right|250px|Country house of Anton Chekhov at Melikhovo Melikhovo () is a writer's house museum in the former country estate of the Russian playwright and writer Anton Chekhov. Chekhov lived in the estate from March 1892 until August 1899, and it is where he wrote some of his most famous plays and stories, including The Seagull and Uncle Vanya. The estate is about forty miles south of Moscow near Chekhov.

Russian painter

Biographical museum in Taganrog, Russia