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Von Koren

also: фон Корен, фон Кореном

The zoologist antagonist of Chekhov's novella "The Duel", invented mid-composition in 1891; in this letter Chekhov defends the character's Germanic-sounding surname as realistic, citing real Russian zoologists (Wagner, Brandt, Fausek, Kovalevsky) who likewise bear non-Russian names, and decides Von Koren's name can stay as it is (unlike Ladzievsky's, which he offers to change). A fictional character, not a real acquaintance -- flagged here as an authorial work-in-progress reference rather than a biographical entity.

Mentioned in 2 works (113 mentions)

The Duel Stories · 112 mentions
To A. S. Suvorin, 30 August 1891. Bogimovo. letter · 1 mention

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