Chekhov Shop

The Chekhov Shop is a museum in Taganrog, Russia. This is a two-storey house where the Russian writer Anton Chekhov stayed with his family from 1869 to 1874. November 3, 1977 museum "The Chekhov Shop" was open offering visitors objects and documents related to Chekhov youth years and life of the Chekhov family.

The Chekhov Shop
Музей "Лавка Чеховых"
The old sign on the entrance reads "Tea, sugar, coffee, and other colonial goods"
Established1977
LocationUlitsa Alexandrovskaya 100, Taganrog
Typememorial house
DirectorYevgeniya Petrovna Konoplyova
Коноплева, Евгения Петровна

Photographs
  • The Chekhov Shop museum after renovation in 2010, during the Chekhov 150th birth anniversary celebrations in Taganrog
    The Chekhov Shop museum after renovation in 2010, during the Chekhov 150th birth anniversary celebrations in Taganrog
  • The shop's entry sign reads "Tea, sugar, coffee, and other colonial goods"
    The shop's entry sign reads "Tea, sugar, coffee, and other colonial goods"
  • Memorial plaque on Chekhov Shop museum. The inscription reads:"In this house Anton Chekhov spent 5 years of his childhood (1869-1874).And in this same building the writer's father kept his shop."
    Memorial plaque on Chekhov Shop museum. The inscription reads:"In this house Anton Chekhov spent 5 years of his childhood (1869-1874).And in this same building the writer's father kept his shop."
  • Old weights
    Old weights
  • Samovar, coffee grinder and coffee pot. Collection of the Chekhov Shop memorial museum.
    Samovar, coffee grinder and coffee pot. Collection of the Chekhov Shop memorial museum.
  • Chekhov family's piano from the collection of the Chekhov Shop memorial museum
    Chekhov family's piano from the collection of the Chekhov Shop memorial museum
  • The drawing room at the Chekhov Shop museum
    The drawing room at the Chekhov Shop museum

References
  • Taganrog Encyclopedia (Энциклопедия Таганрога), 2nd edition, Taganrog, 2003

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