Category Archives: Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik

Sophia Kuvshinnikova’s Diary

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Serge Gregory

People had widely divergent opinions of Sophia Kuvshinnikova, who was Levitan’s mistress from sometime in the late 1880s until 1894. Chekhov found her to be a social gadfly and couldn’t forgive her for cuckolding her husband, a hard-working and unassuming … Continue reading →

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Pavel Chekhov’s Diary

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Serge Gregory

One of the most valuable primary sources from Chekhov’s Melikhovo years (1892-1898) is the diary kept by his father, Pavel Egorovich Chekhov. His children found his laconic, seemingly random entries to be unintentionally hilarious. Here’s a sample: September 7, 1894: … Continue reading →

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