person
Kuzma Terentyevich Soldatenkov
Soldatenkov
also: Солдатенков, Солдатенкова
Moscow merchant, bibliophile, and publisher (1818-1901) whose publishing house issued scholarly and literary works, including the Russian edition of "Diderot and the Encyclopedists" that Chekhov reports as now available for sale in this letter. Known in Moscow cultural circles as a major patron of the arts and a benefactor of public institutions.