Литературный музей им. А.П.Чехова | |
 Chekhov Gymnasium in 2006 | |
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| Established | 1809 (as gymnasium) 1975 (as museum) |
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| Location | Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9,Taganrog |
| Collection size | Expositions related toAnton Chekhov's school years, theater plays by Chekhov (memorabilia, photographs) |
| Director | Yelizaveta Vasilievna Lipovenko Липовенко, Елизавета Васильевна |
| Public transit access | Spartakovsky Station (Street cars: 2,3,5,8,9) |
TheChekhov Gymnasium inTaganrog on Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9 (formerly Gymnasicheskaya Street) is the oldestgymnasium in the South of Russia. Playwright and short-story writerAnton Chekhov spent 11 years in the school, which was later named after him and transformed into a literary museum. Visitors can see Anton's desk and his classroom, the assembly hall and even the punishment cell which he sometimes visited.
The Boys Gymnasium was founded in 1809. Students of the Boys Gymnasium benefited from various grants. In mid-1870s a school church was made in the same building, and the cross may be seen on some old postcards. After theRussian Revolution of 1917 and the following Civil War, the building housed acavalry school (6th Cavalry College).
During theOccupation of Taganrog in 1941-1943 used by theGermans asSicherheitsdienst headquarters.
In 1954, the Boys Gymnasium was named afterAnton Chekhov within the framework of events dedicated to the writer's 50th death anniversary memorial year.[1]
In 1975 opened asThe Literary Museum named after Anton Chekhov, more commonly known under the short nameChekhov Gymnasium.
January 29, 2010 President of Russian FederationDmitri Medvedev held a meeting with representatives of the Russian and foreign theatrical communities in Taganrog at the stateroom of the Chekhov Gymnasium literary museum.[2][3]
Anton Chekhov attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog (1866-1868), and at the age of eight he was sent to the local grammar school (Gymnasium) where he proved an average pupil. As an adolescent he tried his hand at writing short "anecdotes," amusing or funny stories, although he is also known to have written a serious long play at this time, "Fatherless," which he later destroyed. He received an annual grant of 300 rubles which had been introduced by the Taganrog City Council after the failed assassination attempt on the tsarAlexander II of Russia.
After the business of Anton Chekhov's father failed, the whole family left for Moscow in 1875-1876. Anton was left inTaganrog to care for himself and finish school.In 1879, Chekhov passed his final exams and joined his family in Moscow, where he had obtained scholarship to study medicine at theMoscow University.
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Leonid Gobyato, Russian general, inventor of the first mortar
Alexander Leonidovich Vishnevsky, Russian and Soviet actor
Andrei Grechko, Soviet general,Marshal of the Soviet Union (graduate of the Cavalry College)Ivan Golubets, the firstHero of the Soviet Union in theBlack Sea FleetKuzma Galitsky, Soviet army general
Vladimir Grigoryevich Zakharov, Soviet composer,People's Artist of the USSR, art director ofPyatnitsky ChoirToday the Gymnasium is open to public asThe Literary Museum named after Anton Chekhov (Литературный музей А.П.Чехова). After thePushkin House museum inSaint Petersburg, this is the second-largest literary museum in Russia both in terms of space and unique funds. The exhibition includes the library that consists of the antique books of the time and books later sent by Anton Chekhov, his personal belongings, photographs, documents, autographs by Chekhov and other famous people - friends of the writer.
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