Chapter 59 Memorial Museum of the Chekhov House

Memorial Museum of the Chekhov House The beautiful Yalda, located on the Black Sea in Crimea, is a famous winter resort in the Soviet Union. one of the places.Chekhov once lived here, and his former residence has been preserved, and now it has been designated as Chekhov's residence. Memorial Museum. Chekhov's former residence in Yalta was a small villa.This villa is very important to Chekhov himself It is of special significance to those who love to read his works.Because here is not only the lovely little Said the place where the family lived in his later years.And this little villa is what he got with his royalties

He bought the land and built the house, and designed and arranged the interior of the house by himself. This happened in 1898. Chekhov's father passed away. For his own health, Following the doctor's orders, it was decided to emigrate to the south and return to Moscow only in the summer at the most.originally, Chekhov himself was a doctor, and his tuberculosis was not suitable for living in cold Moscow in winter. I have known it for a long time, but the environment and economic situation have never allowed him to transfer to another place for recuperation.until this At that time, because his writing income was relatively good, he took advantage of the convenience of traveling to Crimea, so he did not need a lot of money.

I bought a piece of wasteland on the outskirts of Yalta to realize my long-awaited wish and build a villa. This was a major event in Chekhov's life, so he set about everything at once, inviting the architect Rif Shah Povalov designed the style of the house for him, and he himself was responsible for the interior layout, and contacted the construction workers. Cheng, by mid-November of this year, the construction of the villa had officially started. Chekhov's economic situation was not very good. In order to buy the land for the construction of the villa and pay for the construction

expenses, his royalties had been exhausted, and he had to make a new contract with the publisher, which would The publishing rights of his published and future new works are completely entrusted to one person, so that a sum of money can be paid in advance, The land of the villa was mortgaged to others, so that all the expenses needed for the construction could be raised. The new residence took almost a year to build, and in September 1899 Chekhov brought his mother He and his siblings received a new residence to live in.He was still unmarried at this time and remained a bachelor until 1901

He married Olga Kanib, a famous actress of the Moscow Theater, in 1999 and lived here after marriage.he Several famous plays written in his later years, such as "Three Sisters" and "The Cherry Orchard", were written here into. Many writers of Chekhov's time have visited him here, and Gorky is still here Live for a few days.Kublin, Bunin, Antreev have all been here.The biggest feat, but Moss Under the leadership of the great directors Stanislavski and Dan Qinhe, all the actors of the National Theater specially Come to Yalta as a guest, and play the plays "The Seagull" and "Uncle Vanya" written by Chekhov himself.

He sees.It was also at this time that he had a relationship with the actress Olga, and they finally became a couple. Due to the torment of illness, Chekhov recuperated in Germany on July 15, 1904. He died mid-term and only lived to be forty-four years old.His villa, built with hard-earned borrowed money, He lived there for only a few years, and he gave the property to his beloved sister Maria in his will. Maria Chekhov, who was three years younger than her brother, lived up to her brother's trust and worked hard to make the house Everything remains as it was arranged by her brother during his lifetime.It is also due to the efforts of her and some of Chekhov's friends

Only with great strength, this former residence has the opportunity to be preserved to this day, and it has been officially turned into the Chekhov Memorial Hall.Curator post, Maria served until her death in 1957. Now the Chekhov House Memorial Museum in Yalta has three commemorative showrooms, which are It is the study, bedroom and dining room he used back then.All the arrangements are placed according to the original state that he used during his lifetime. There, it is open all year round for people to visit.There is also a showroom where Chekhov used the Clothes, books in his collection, and all his photos.Curator Maria in a commemorative text

It can be said that everything here remains the same as it was when Chekhov was alive. The only difference is that Some precious and fragile exhibits, such as manuscripts and photos, are placed in glass cabinets. Chekhov is a writer who is deeply loved by people of all walks of life. The guest book in the museum On the Internet, you can see the signatures and titles of readers of his works from all over the Soviet Union and all over the world. word.They all deeply appreciate the writer's achievements in novels and plays, his instructions for life, and Expressed respect and gratitude for the influence of modern literature.Since this year (1960) is his birth

On the 100th anniversary, more visitors came here specially. The site of this villa was originally a barren wasteland when Chekhov purchased it. After years of development and planting, the surrounding area has now become a beautiful garden.Chekhov himself would have He is very nature-loving. At that time, he was just because the price of this piece of wasteland was not expensive and suitable for his economic ability. Only then can you buy it.When the construction project of his new home was in progress, in addition to frequent inspections in person, Besides, and at the same time started the work of planting flowers and trees.Today commemorates the many trees in the museum garden,

Some were planted by Chekhov himself.The novelist Kublin, in a memoir, once remembered Nizhny Chekhov said of his plan to plant woods around the dacha: "Every tree here is planted by myself, so it is very kind to me. But the most important This is not what I want.Before I came here in the future, this was a wasteland full of thorns, but I have turned this waste land into a beautiful cultivated garden.Just imagine, in another three or four hundred years, all the It is a beautiful garden, how much more comfortable and better people's life will be at that time