Birthhouse of Anton Chekhov

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Birthplace of Anton Chekhov in Taganrog.(c)TaganrogCity.Com

Birthplace of Anton Chekhov is a museum in Taganrog Russia. This the place there the famous Russian writer Anton Chekhov was born.

The outbuilding on the territory of a property on Chekhov Street (formerly Kupecheskaya Street, later Alexandrovskaya Street) in Taganrog was built in 1859 of wattle and daub, was plastered and whitened. The area taken by the small outbuilding is 30.5 sq. meters. The house and grounds was owned by the merchant Gnutov in 1860, and by petits bourgeois Kovalenko in 1880-1915.

Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov and his family (the wife Yevgeniya Yakovlevna and their two sons - 4-year old Alexander Chekhov and 2-year old Nikolay Chekhov) rented the outhouse in December 1859. Anton Chekhov was born in this house on January 17, 1860.

In March, 1861, Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov and his family moved into another apartment.

In 1904, soon after the death of the writer, Alexandrovskaya Street in Taganrog was renamed Chekhov Street.

In 1910, a memorial plate was placed on the birthhouse of Chekhov thanks to the initiative of the Chekhov Circle in Taganrog, formed by the writer Yevgeny Garshin in 1905.

In 1916, the Taganrog City Council supported the initiative of the Chekhov Circle and acquired the house and grounds on Chekhov Street 69 to conserve the birthhouse of Anton Chekhov.

In December 1920, the house was freed from all roomers and was renovated in 1921. In 1924, the first exhibition telling of writer's youth years was opened. From that time, the Chekhov House stands as one of the hallmarks of the Russian culture.