person
Filippov
also: пекарю Филиппову
Reference to the Filippov family bakery, the most famous bread-and-bun business in Moscow; the calendar's joke awards him a medal for breeding "the finest strain of mice and cockroaches."
Reading notes
- The Alarm Clock's Calendar §88 Filippov
A nod to the Filippov family bakery, Moscow's most famous bread-and-bun business; the calendar's joke award for "finest strain of mice and cockroaches" plays on complaints about vermin in baked goods.
- In Winkler's Museum §8 a Filippov roll
A product of the Filippov family bakery, the best-known bread-and-bun business in Moscow; finding a rat baked inside one is a dig at the bakery's reputation, continuing a running joke about Filippov elsewhere in Chekhov's early squibs.