person
Apollon Maykov
Maykov
also: Майков, Аполлон Майков
Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821-1897), a prominent Russian lyric poet of the generation before Chekhov, known for conventional, classically-inflected verse; named here purely for the pun on his surname's resemblance to "May" (май).
Reading notes
- On May §21 Maykov
Apollon Maykov (1821-1897), a prominent and rather old-fashioned Russian lyric poet of the previous generation; naming him among the things "born in May" (May-bugs, majors) is a gentle dig at his conventional, unfashionable verse.
- If You Chase Two Hares, You Won't Catch Either §56 Maikov
Apollon Maikov, a well-regarded contemporary Russian poet, named in Nadenka's list of summer reading.