"Chekhov, prime fare of the Soviet schoolroom"

[Victoria Thorstensson]

Dear Robert,

When I studied in school in Russia (and, I think, both before and after) the standard school program in literature included short stories (like Tolstyi i tonkii) in earlier grades, the trilogy (Chelovek v futliare, Kryzhovnil and O liubvi) and Vishnevyi sad in higher grades. You can safely assume that an average Soviet student wrote an essay on these Chekhov's works for his or her graduation exams from high school.

Vika

On 04/30/10, Robert Chandler  <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> In a recent article about Grossman and Ehrenburg (in KRITIKA, summer 2009)
> Katerina Clark discusses a mention of Chekhov in Simonov¹s ŒDays and
> Nights¹.  She refers to Chekhov as Œprime fare of the Soviet schoolroom¹.
> 
> Is this correct?  I have realized that I have no clear idea of when Chekhov
> became part of the Soviet canon.
> 
> Vsego dobrogo,
> 
> Robert
> 
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