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1860 – 1904 · Taganrog
Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov turned ordinary Russian lives into the truest theatre in the world.
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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860 in Taganrog, a port town in southern Russia. His grandfather had been a serf who bought his family's freedom, so Anton grew up close to hardship. His father ran a grocery shop that failed, which left the family in debt. To pay his way, Anton studied medicine in Moscow and wrote short comic sketches for magazines. He became a doctor, but writing took over.
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- The Cherry Orchard 1904
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