person
M. P. Fyodorov
Fyodorov
also: М. П. Федоров
An M. P. Fyodorov whom Chekhov names as the right intermediary to write a covering letter smoothing a new play's path through the dramatic censor's office, on the strength of his acquaintance with Kryukovsky, the censorship's secretary; named only here in the corpus so far, and -- despite sharing initials and surname -- distinct from the M. P. Fyodorov who was editor of record at Novoye Vremya in 1887, a different professional context a year and a half earlier with no stated connection to this one.
Reading notes
- To A. N. Maslov, October 1888. Moscow. §5 M. P. Fyodorov
Named here only as an intermediary whose covering letter smooths a play's path through the dramatic censor's office. Despite sharing initials and surname with the M. P. Fyodorov attested elsewhere in this corpus as editor of record at Novoye Vremya in 1887 (e.g.), the source gives no indication the two are the same man -- a different professional context roughly a year and a half earlier, with no stated connection -- so this is treated as a distinct, newly-attested entity rather than assumed to be the same person.