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The Belgian Delegate

the Belgian delegate

An unnamed delegate to the (fictitious) Congress of Naturalists in Philadelphia who agrees with the congress only in part, invoking the Bush and Makshev trials; invented by Chekhov as a national stereotype.

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The Congress of Naturalists in Philadelphia Stories · 1 mention

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