person
"Boyar Alexius"
Boyar Alexius
also: болярину Алексию, boyar Aleksy
An unidentified acquaintance of Shcheglov's, jocularly styled "boyar Alexius" (a mock-archaic title) by Chekhov, to whom Chekhov asks Shcheglov to pass on one of two enclosed photographs. Not otherwise identified in the correspondence; distinct from Shcheglov himself, the letter's addressee.
Reading notes
- I. L. Leontyev (Shcheglov), Between 16 and 20 December 1887. Moscow. §4 boyar Alexius
A mock-archaic title ("boyar," an old Russian noble rank) jocularly applied to an unidentified acquaintance of Shcheglov's, distinct from Shcheglov himself; part of the letter's playful, joking tone rather than a serious title.