© RIA Novosti . Валерий Мельников / Go to the mediabankThe Anton Chekhov House Museum in Moscow has opened the Chekhov Collection exhibition to mark the 150th anniversary of the writer’s birth. The exhibits include his and his relatives’ personal belongings, books, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and watercolors by Chekhov’s artist friends.
The Anton Chekhov House Museum in Moscow has opened the Chekhov Collection exhibition to mark the 150th anniversary of the writer’s birth. The exhibits include his and his relatives’ personal belongings, books, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and watercolors by Chekhov’s artist friends.
© RIA Novosti . Valeriy Melnikov / Go to the mediabankChekhov lived here with his family from autumn 1886 through spring 1890 before setting off for Sakhalin Island. Chekhov’s desk in his study.
Chekhov lived here with his family from autumn 1886 through spring 1890 before setting off for Sakhalin Island. Chekhov’s desk in his study.
© RIA Novosti . Валерий Мельников / Go to the mediabank“I live in Kudrino, just opposite Grammar School No. 4. The house resembling a chest of drawers belongs to one Mr Korneyev. It is painted a liberal color: red,” Chekhov joked in a letter.
“I live in Kudrino, just opposite Grammar School No. 4. The house resembling a chest of drawers belongs to one Mr Korneyev. It is painted a liberal color: red,” Chekhov joked in a letter.
© RIA Novosti . Valeriy Melnikov / Go to the mediabankThe museum takes up two stories of the building. The memorial rooms are precise re-creations of the interior as it was when the Chekhov family lived there. This was Chekhov’s sister's room.
The museum takes up two stories of the building. The memorial rooms are precise re-creations of the interior as it was when the Chekhov family lived there. This was Chekhov’s sister's room.
© RIA Novosti . Valeriy Melnikov / Go to the mediabankMany paintings by Nikolai, one of Anton Chekhov’s brothers, decorate the parlor of the Chekhov House Museum in Moscow.
Many paintings by Nikolai, one of Anton Chekhov’s brothers, decorate the parlor of the Chekhov House Museum in Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Валерий Мельников / Go to the mediabankA selection of book and magazine illustrations of Chekhov’s works, and posters advertising his stage productions.
A selection of book and magazine illustrations of Chekhov’s works, and posters advertising his stage productions.
Anton Chekhov’s belongings.
© RIA Novosti . Валерий Мельников / Go to the mediabank“To my dear Levitan,” Chekhov inscribed his book Sakhalin Island, published in 1895.
“To my dear Levitan,” Chekhov inscribed his book Sakhalin Island, published in 1895.
Books from Chekhov’s private library.