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Chekhov House-Museum

‘My estate’s not much,’ wrote playwright Anton Chekhov of his home at Melikhovo, south of Moscow, ‘but the surroundings are magnificent’. Chekhov lived here from 1892 until 1899 and wrote some of his most celebrated plays, including The Seagull and Uncle Vanya. Today, the estate houses the museum dedicated to the playwright and his work. Theatre buffs should visit in May, when the museum hosts Melikhovo Spring, a week-long theatre festival.

Melikhovo is one of the most remarkable memorial of the Russia culture, where a great Russian writer Anton Pavlovich lived and worked (1892-1899). The museum-reserve keeps the recollection of Chekhov-a writer, a doctor, a public figure-carefully. You will find out what Chekhov's Melikhovo was, what kind of person Chekhov was during the years of living in Melikhovo. You will visit rooms of Chekhov's house, stroll along the avenues, which remember his strides, dive into the delicate, imperceptible world of a beautiful man and a great writer.

Melikhovo attracts by a possibility to be absorbed in the inner atmosphere of Chekhov's time. Actors, producers, playwrights come here to see a wing, where "Sea-gull" was written. Concerts, theatre and music festivals, child holidays and Christmas parties are constantly held in Melikhovo.