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Chekhov's Moscow

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8 points6 km2 hours

The “Chekhov's Moscow” route invites you to walk past landmark addresses where the great writer lived, worked and spent his last days in the city. You'll see Moscow through the eyes of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, step into the atmosphere of his stories and learn how the rhythm of the capital inspired his work.

Photo of route author Ekaterina Kvitko

Route author

Ekaterina Kvitko

Things to do

  • 🗺️🎒 Themed route
  • 🔍🖼️ Spot interesting details
  • 📚🎬 Recall films and books

Route points (8)

  1. House on Trubnaya Street — point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”

    House on Trubnaya Street

    📜 Historic site

  2. School of Contemporary Play Theater — point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”

    School of Contemporary Play Theater

    🎭 Theater · 📜 Historic site

  3. Novo-Yekaterininskaya Hospital — point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”

    Novo-Yekaterininskaya Hospital

    📜 Historic site

  4. A. A. Sheshkov Apartment Building — point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”

    A. A. Sheshkov Apartment Building

    📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark

  5. I. I. Karzinkin Apartment Building — point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”

    I. I. Karzinkin Apartment Building

    📜 Historic site

  6. I. M. Korovin Apartment Building — point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”

    I. M. Korovin Apartment Building

    📜 Historic site

  7. Chekhov's Little House Exhibition Hall — point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”

    Chekhov's Little House Exhibition Hall

    🏛️ Museum · 📜 Historic site

  8. R. P. Sablin Apartment Building — point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”

    R. P. Sablin Apartment Building

    📜 Historic site

Novo-Yekaterininskaya Hospital in Moscow

Point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”

Novo-Yekaterininskaya Hospital — point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”
Novo-Yekaterininskaya Hospital — point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”

Point 3

Novo-Yekaterininskaya Hospital

📜 Historic site

Where Chekhov Practiced

Before you is the former Novo-Yekaterininskaya Hospital, where Chekhov honed his skills as a doctor. In 1883–1884 the future classic spent sleepless nights here, combining practice in the therapeutic, surgical and neurological clinics with grueling preparation for his final exams. “I'm terribly sleepy,” he wrote to friends, coming home from here at three in the morning. Even then his professors noticed Anton Pavlovich's distinctive manner: he didn't just treat illnesses but talked at length with patients about what troubled them. Chekhov was among the first to put into practice the conviction that physical health is inseparable from a person's emotional state, showing the very sensitivity that would later give depth to his great literature.