The Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog on Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9 (formerly Gymnasicheskaya Street) is the oldest gymnasium in the South of Russia. Playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov spent 11 years in the school, which was later named after him and transformed into a literary museum. Visitors can see Anton's desk and his classroom, the assembly hall and even the punishment cell, sometimes visited by the whiz kid. Taganrog (Russian: ) is a city and seaport in Rostov Oblast, Russia. ... A gymnasium (pronounced /gim-/ as opposed to /jim-/) is a type of school of secondary education in parts of Europe. ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. ...

Teachers of the Boys Gymnasium at the Assembly Hall.

History of the school

The Boys Gymnasium was founded in 1809, this building was completed in 1843 by the plans of the French architect Buffeau. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the following Civil War, the building housed a cavalry school (6th Cavalery College), frequently visited by Semyon Budyonny, Klim Voroshilov and Efim Shadenko. In 1975 opened as The Literary Museum named after Anton Chekhov, more commonly known under the short name Chekhov Gymnasium. 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, which, after the elimination of the Russian autocracy system, and the Provisional Government (Duma), resulted in the establishment of the Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... Kircholm, a 1925 painting by Wojciech Kossak. ... Semyon Budyonny (also spelled Budennii, Budenny, Budyenny etc, Russian: Семён Михайлович Будённый) (April 25 [O.S. April 13] 1883 – October 26, 1973) was a Soviet military commander and an ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov () (January 23, 1881 - December 2, 1969) was a Soviet military commander and politician. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

School years of Anton Chekhov

Anton attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog (1866-1868), and at the age of eight he was sent to the local grammar school (Gymnasium) where he proved an average pupil. Rather reserved and undemonstrative, he nevertheless gained a reputation for satirical comments, for pranks, and for making up humorous nicknames for his teachers. He enjoyed playing in amateur theatricals and often attended performances at the Taganrog Theatre. As an adolescent he tried his hand at writing short "anecdotes," amusing or funny stories, although he is also known to have written a serious long play at this time, "Fatherless," which he later destroyed. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Taganrog City Theater as appears on a 19-century postcard. ...

After the business of Anton Chekhov's father failed, the whole family left for Moscow in 1875-1876. Anton was left in Taganrog to care for himself and finish school. The future world-famous playwright survived selling off household goods and tutoring younger school students at the Boys Gymnasium. In 1879, Chekhov passed his final exams and joined his family in Moscow, where he had obtained scholarship to study medicine at the Moscow University. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Taganrog (Russian: ) is a city and seaport in Rostov Oblast, Russia. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Moscow State University campus M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Московский Государственный Университет име&#1085...

The school-leaving certificate of Anton Chekhov.

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Museum

Today the Gymnasium is open to public as The Literary Museum named after Anton Chekhov (Литературный музей А.П.Чехова). After the famous Pushkin House museum in Saint Petersburg, this is the second-largest literary museum in Russia both in terms of space and unique funds. The exhibition includes the library that consists of the antique books of the time and books later sent by Anton Chekhov, his personal belongings, photographs, documents, autographs by Chekhov and other famous people - friends of the writer. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. ...

Other famous graduates

• Nikolay Chekhov, artist
• Mikhail Chekhov, writer
• Alexander Chekhov, writer
• Nikolay Sherbina, poet
• Ivan Martos, sculptor
• Valentin Parnakh, poet, founder of the Soviet Jazz music
• Konstantin Savitsky, artist
• Vladimir Bogoraz, anthropologist and writer
• Samuel Maykapar, composer
• Sergey Dmitrievich Balukhatiy, bibligrapher, academic
• Nikolay Apollonovich Belelyubski, scientist, famous designer of bridges
• Alexander Korsun, writer
• Osip Notovich, writer
• Andrei Grechko, Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union (graduate of the Cavalry College)
• Ivan Golubets, the first Hero of the Soviet Union in the Black Sea Fleet

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Old and Modern Views of Gymnasium

The Boys Gymnasium on an old postcard, late 19th century. Image File history File links Taganrog_gymnasium_boys. ...

The Boys Gymnasium on an old postcard, late 19th century.

The Literary Museum Chekhov Gymnasium in 2006. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Trivia

• Father of the revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky, Edmund Dzerzhinsky gave lessons of mathematics in two Taganrog's gymnasiums - the Girls Gymnasium of Empr. Maris (Мариинская женская гимназия) in 1868-1873 and in the Boys Gymnasium from 1873 until late seventies. The school-leaving certificate of Anton Chekhov features his signature for the maths rating.
• Students of the Boys Gymnasium benefited from various grants, most of them being introduced by the Greek-Russian merchant and benefactor Ioannis Varvakis. Anton Chekhov received the annual grant of 300 rubles introduced by the Taganrog City Council after the failed assassination attempt on the tsar Alexander II of Russia.
• The boys gymnasium used to have its own school church (the cross may be seen on some of the old postcards)
• Chekhov's theology teacher, Fyodor Pokrovski (Федор Платонович Покровский) gave him the famous nickname Antosha Chekhonte (Антоша Чехонте).

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский; September 11, 1877 - July 20, 1926) was a Polish Communist revolutionary, famous as the founder of the Bolshevik secret police... Taganrog (Russian: ) is a city and seaport in Rostov Oblast, Russia. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. ... An oil portrait of Varvakis, attributed to Vladimir Borovikovsky. ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. ... Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevitch (Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (born April 17, 1818 in Moscow; died March 13, 1881 in St. ...

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