person
Leonid Pushkaryov
Pushkaryov
also: Леонид Пушкарев
An acquaintance in the Chekhov circle's Moscow milieu whose death Chekhov reports tersely, without further comment, in a letter otherwise devoted to a dissertation-defense invitation.
Reading notes
- To M. M. Dyukovsky, 2–3 May 1884. Moscow. §4 Leonid Pushkaryov has died
A terse, unelaborated announcement of a death, dropped into the letter's businesslike middle without comment -- characteristic of Chekhov's early-Moscow correspondence, where major and minor news share the same flat register.