person
Gershelman
also: жидок Гершельман
An invented subordinate attached to Pchelnikov's Moscow theater office in this mock award-list; the surrounding ethnic caricature reflects period antisemitic tropes of the popular press Chekhov wrote for.
Reading notes
- List of Exhibitors Awarded Cast-Iron Medals in the Russian Section at the Amsterdam Exhibition §3 the little Jew Gershelman
An invented subordinate figure attached to Pchelnikov's office; the ethnic slur reflects period antisemitic caricature common in the popular press Chekhov was writing for, not an endorsement.