Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, el escritor ruso quien dio forma decisivamente a la historia corta, nació en Taganrog, un pequeño puerto en el mar de Azov, en el sur de Rusia. Su padre, Pavel nació siendo un siervo, pero el abuelo de Chekhov había ahorrado bastante dinero para eventualmente comprar la …

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, the Russian writer who decisively shaped the modern short story, was born in Taganrog, a small port on the Sea of Azov in southern Russia. His father, Pavel had been born a serf, but Chekhov’s grandfather had saved enough money eventually to buy his family’s freedom. (Serfdom …