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Article: Nice Russe (or Chekhov Slept Here).
- Article from:
- The American Poetry Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
- Author:
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For many of us--scholars, biographers, translators, directors--it's a labor of love. Artistic pilgrimages, they're called, in search of Chekhov, that great Russian dramatist and short story writer. To Taganrog, his birthplace by the Azov Sea; to his house in Moscow on Sadovo-Kudrinskaya Street (the "rose-colored chest of drawers," as he called it, with the Dr. Chekhov sign on the door); to Melikhovo, his "estate" south of Moscow; to the Moscow Art Theatre where his later plays premiered; to the Slavyansky Bazaar where he dined with his publisher; and finally, to Yalta, his "hot Siberia." We ardently follow his every step, confident that his spirit will be revealed to us ...