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Gymnasium Headmaster

the headmaster

also: директор, director

The head of a Russian gymnasium; Belikov, though only one of the teaching staff, holds the whole school -- headmaster included -- in fear of him for fifteen years.

Reading notes

Mentioned in 59 works (135 mentions)

To Al. P. Chekhov, 9 March 1876. Taganrog. letter · 1 mention
Untitled Play (Bezottsovshchina / "Platonov") Plays · 3 mentions
Two Scandals Stories · 2 mentions
Poems and Dubia (school-age and disputed juvenilia) Juvenilia · 2 mentions
The Alarm Clock's Calendar Stories · 2 mentions
The Flying Islands, by Jules Verne, Translated by A. Chekhonte Stories · 1 mention
Ran Into It Stories · 2 mentions
The Only Remedy Stories · 7 mentions
Slander Stories · 2 mentions
The Naive Wood-Sprite Stories · 2 mentions
The Decoration Stories · 1 mention
A Grateful German Stories · 1 mention
The Zealot Stories · 10 mentions
Pictures from the Recent Past Stories · 2 mentions
Something About A. S. Dargomyzhsky Stories · 2 mentions
The Mask Stories · 2 mentions
Incongruous Thoughts Stories · 1 mention
On June and July Stories · 1 mention
To N. A. Leikin, 30 January 1884. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
A Drunk Man's Conversation with a Sober Devil Stories · 1 mention
Without a Position Stories · 1 mention
Ladies Stories · 19 mentions
Whining (A Letter from Far Away) Stories · 1 mention
The Leading Man Stories · 1 mention
To Al. P. Chekhov, 4 January 1886. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
Thou and You Stories · 1 mention
The Teacher Stories · 2 mentions
Trouble Stories · 2 mentions
At Home Stories · 1 mention
The Critic Stories · 1 mention
Frost Stories · 2 mentions
On the Eve of the Fast Stories · 1 mention
To Al. P. Chekhov, 20 November 1887. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. L. Selivanova, 6 February 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. N. Maslov, 29 March 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. P. Lensky, 26 October 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To Al. P. Chekhov, 16 November 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To I. L. Leontyev, 16–17 November 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 28 November 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 30 December 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To I. L. Leontyev, 31 December 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
The Wife Stories · 1 mention
To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 2 January 1889. Moscow. letter · 2 mentions
To A. S. Suvorin, 8 January 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To V. A. Tikhonov, 7 March 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To I. L. Leontyev, 12 April 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 5 November 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To M. Ye. Chekhov, 13 March 1891. Petersburg. letter · 1 mention
The Anniversary Plays · 1 mention
Notebooks. Diaries Notebooks · 8 mentions
A Woman's Kingdom Stories · 3 mentions
An Anonymous Story Stories · 1 mention
A Fish's Love Stories · 1 mention
The Teacher of Literature Stories · 5 mentions
Anna on the Neck Stories · 3 mentions
My Life: A Provincial's Story Stories · 1 mention
Sakhalin Island Nonfiction · 1 mention
The Man in a Case Stories · 10 mentions
Three Sisters Plays · 5 mentions

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