A Chekhov

Photos of the Russian writer A.P. Chekhov for the years 1880-1904. Houses where AP Chekhov lived in Moscow, Yalta; Melikhove. Fragments of film adaptations of works by A. Chekhov: "Chameleon", "Man in a Case", "Ionych", "Lady with a Dog", "Uncle Vanya", "Wedding". Newsreel: old Moscow; peasant huts with thatched roofs; peasants harvest grain in the field by hand. Photo: A.P. Chekhov on Sakhalin Island. OL Knipper-Chekhova tells (synchronously) about the production of the play by A. Chekhov "The Seagull". Posters of the performances of the Moscow Art Academic Theater (MKHAT) "Three Sisters", "The Cherry Orchard", "Uncle Vanya". Photo: A.P. Chekhov with the artists of the Moscow Art Theater. In the film, the song "Swirls in a Wave" performed by F. I. Shalyapin sounds. Photos by V. I. Kachalov, I. Levitan, F. I. Shalyapin, A. M. Gorky, I. A. Bunin, O. L. Knipper-Chekhova.

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1973