Chekhov query

[Subhash.Jaireth at AGSO.GOV.AU]

Dear Marina,

I visited the Melikhova House in August 1993 and in the Museum bought a book
in Russian with beautiful photos and extracts from letters and diaries of
Chekhov and his friends about Melikhova. The book is entitled: Technie
Melikhovskoi Zhizhni: A P Chekhov v Melikohove 1892-1899 godi. It is
published by Planeta, Moscow , 1989. The editor is Yu. A Byschkov.

I also knew that the House was burnt down but the book notes that 'when
Chekhov moved to Yalta, the house was bought by a timber merchant in
Serpukhov and then passed over to other owners and was neglected and
deteriorated so much that in the beginning of the thirties that it was
almost completely dismantled with the logs taken away for other
constructions. In January 1940 to mark the 80th birthday of Chekhov the
Kolkhozniki of Melikhova decided to request the regional authorities to
restore the house. On 14 March 1940 a small museum affiliated to the
Serpukhov museum was opened.'


The note does not tell anything about the destruction during the war

I hope this is of some help.

I wrote two poems after visiting Melikhova which appear in my poetry
collection "Unfinished Poems for Your Violin, (Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin,
1996)


Subhash

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Marina Harss [mailto:Marina_Harss at NEWYORKER.COM]
                Sent:   Friday, 4 February 2000 5:45
                To:     SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
                Subject:        Chekhov query

                I am a researcher here at the New Yorker, where we are
getting ready to
                 run a piece about Anton Chekhov. There is one piece of
information
                that I am having great difficulty tracking down, and I was
wondering
                if perhaps you might be able to give me some direction... It
is about
                Melikhovo, Chekhov's house south of Moscow. I believe it was
burned
                down and then reconstructed; what I am trying to find out is
when
                these events occured. Do you have any ideas about where I
might find
                this information? (I've looked in guide books, biographies
of Chekhov,
                called tour agencies, the Russian travel buro).

                Thanks in advance for any help you can give me on this,

                Best,
                Marina


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your
subscription
                  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web
Interface at:
                                http://members.home.net/lists/seelangs/

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                http://members.home.net/lists/seelangs/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------