person
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin
Borodin
also: Бородин, A. P. Borodin, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин
Russian composer and chemist, member of the nationalist "Mighty Handful" circle of composers (associated with Vladimir Stasov's advocacy); Chekhov reports reading a published collection of his letters, which specific edition is not identified in the source.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 9 June 1889. Sumy. §10 I've been reading Borodin's letters
The specific published collection or correspondence of Alexander Borodin's letters that Chekhov was reading is not identified in the source text.