person
Grekov
also: Греков
A stout actor in Chekhov's Odessa theatrical troupe of summer 1889, always sleepy and complaining of exhaustion; a Cossack from the Don region, with whom Chekhov drank wine late into the night and talked about the Don and the stage. Distinct from the fictional Marya Yefimovna Grekova of "Platonov." First name and patronymic unresolved.
Reading notes
- To I. P. Chekhov, 16 July 1889. Parokhod "Olga". §5 fat Grekov, always asleep
A Cossack actor from the Don region, distinct from the fictional Marya Grekova of "Platonov"; Chekhov drinks and talks with him late into the night.