12 moments

1. Birth in Taganrog

   1860-01-29 · Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia

   

   Chekhov was born in the southern Russian port city of Taganrog, the place of his childhood and schooling. Date is Gregorian/New Style as given in the English Wikipedia infobox; the article also gives 17 January Old Style.

2. Move to Moscow for medical school

   1879-01-01 · Moscow, Russia

   

   After completing school in Taganrog, Chekhov joined his family in Moscow and entered medical school, beginning the period in which he supported the household through writing.

3. Visit to Taganrog

   1887-04-02 · Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia

   

   Chekhov wrote from Taganrog while traveling south through the Russian Empire. Letter date is reproduced as printed in the translated correspondence and may use the Russian Old Style calendar.

4. Stay at the Lintvaryovs' estate

   1889-05-01 · Sumy, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

   

   Chekhov was staying at the Lintvaryovs' estate near Sumy during a period of intensive writing and travel in Ukraine. The source supplies month, but not a day; coordinate represents Sumy because the estate is identified under that locality in the letter heading.

5. Sakhalin expedition

   1890-01-01 · Sakhalin Island, Russia

   

   Chekhov undertook a demanding journey across Siberia to Sakhalin’s penal colony, where he spent three months interviewing convicts and settlers for a census. Coordinate is a representative point for the island; the source describes a three-month island-wide investigation.

6. Journey through Tomsk

   1890-05-20 · Tomsk, Tomsk Oblast, Russia

   During his overland Siberian journey toward Sakhalin, Chekhov was in Tomsk and prepared to depart for Irkutsk. Letter date is reproduced as printed in the translated correspondence and may use the Russian Old Style calendar.

7. Arrival in Irkutsk

   1890-06-05 · Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

   Chekhov reached Irkutsk during the Siberian leg of his Sakhalin journey after traveling more than three thousand versts from Tyumen. Letter date is reproduced as printed in the translated correspondence and may use the Russian Old Style calendar.

8. Arrival on Sakhalin

   1890-07-11 · Sakhalin Island, Russia

   

   Chekhov telegraphed his mother upon arriving safely on Sakhalin, where he would conduct his detailed investigation of penal-colony life. The telegram names only Sakhalin; coordinate is therefore a representative island point. Date is reproduced as printed and may use the Russian Old Style calendar.

9. Move to Melikhovo estate

   1892-03-04 · Melikhovo Estate, Moscow Oblast, Russia

   

   Chekhov arrived at the Melikhovo estate, which became his principal country residence and the center of his medical, civic, and literary work through 1899. The preceding sentence identifies the year as 1892.

10. Pulmonary hemorrhage during Moscow visit

    1897-03-01 · Moscow, Russia

    

    While visiting Moscow, Chekhov suffered a major lung hemorrhage and entered a clinic, where physicians diagnosed tuberculosis and ordered changes to his way of life. The source supports month-level precision only.

11. Residence at the White Dacha

    1899-01-01 · White Dacha, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine

    

    Chekhov moved with his mother and sister into the White Dacha at Yalta, his late-life residence and a major site of his final dramatic work. The preceding source sentence dates the land purchase and construction to 1898, making the stated move year 1899.

12. Death in Badenweiler

    1904-07-15 · Badenweiler, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    

    Chekhov died in the German spa town of Badenweiler while terminally ill with tuberculosis. The source gives both 15 July New Style and 2 July Old Style.