person
Dmitry Timofeyevich Savelyev
Savelyev
also: D. T. Savelyev, Д. Т. Савельев, Д. Т. Савельеву, Дмитрий Тимофеевич Савельев
A medical-student boarder in the Chekhov household who added his own line to the 1879 letter, half-seriously identifying himself as a future practitioner bound for Shuya, Dr. med. Dmitry Timofeyevich Savelyev; ten years later he is himself the addressee of (4 February 1889), a provincial correspondent to whom Chekhov sends a book order via Suvorin's shop and news of the "Ivanov" premiere. Distinct from (Timofey Savelyevich Savelyev of), a different Rostov-on-Don acquaintance whose patronymic initial ("Т.", Timofeyevich) differs from this man's own patronymic "Тимофеевич" -- i.e. despite the coincidental resemblance of initials in transliteration, the two are not the same person and must not be conflated.
Reading notes
- To Yu. I. Lyadova, 18 November 1879. Moscow. §14 In the hand of D. T. Savelyev
Dmitry Timofeyevich Savelyev, another of the medical-student boarders in the Chekhov household, here adding his own line to the letter and identifying himself half-seriously by his intended future practice.
- To S. Kramayev, 8 May 1881. Moscow. §4 Savelyev
Dmitry Timofeyevich Savelyev, a medical-student boarder in the Chekhov household in Moscow, here named only in passing among acquaintances Chekhov has lost touch with.
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 12 November 1882. Moscow. §13 Savelyev
Dmitry Timofeyevich Savelyev, a friend from Chekhov's circle, reported here as about to marry.
- To D. T. Savelyev, 1884. Moscow. §3 Yermak
A nickname Chekhov applies to Savelyev alongside his real patronymic, in the letter's mock-formal salutation.
- To Ye. I. Savelyeva, 24 February 1884. Moscow. §6 Mitya
The affectionate diminutive of Dmitry, used mid-letter once Chekhov has already named him formally -- the familiar register of a close friend rather than a stranger writing to reassure a worried wife.
- To D. T. Savelyev, 4 February 1889. Moscow. §1 To D. T. Savelyev
This is the same D. T. Savelyev who, as a medical-student boarder in the Chekhov household, added his own comic line to the family letter back in 1879 ("Known to you as the future practitioner in the town of Shuya. Dr. med. Dmitry Timofeyevich Savelyev"); ten years on he is a settled provincial correspondent whom Chekhov addresses as an old friend ("Милый друг"). He is NOT the same person as (Timofey Savelyevich Savelyev, addressee of, a different Rostov-on-Don acquaintance) -- the two names are easily confused in transliteration but the patronymics differ (Timofeyevich vs. Savelyevich) and the editors' commentary treats them as distinct correspondents.