person
Lika
also: Лика
A woman in Chekhov's Odessa theatrical circle of summer 1889, described as "virtuous," anxious about the troupe's expenses, and the target of Mme Pravdina's gossip about supposedly abetting sin -- the common diminutive "Lika" later famously denotes Lidia (Lika) Mizinova in Chekhov's correspondence, but nothing in this letter ties her to that circle or period, so the identification should NOT be assumed without further corroboration.
Reading notes
- To I. P. Chekhov, 16 July 1889. Parokhod "Olga". §5 Lika
In later Chekhov correspondence "Lika" most famously denotes Lidia (Lika) Mizinova, but nothing in this letter connects her to that circle or period -- the context here (an Odessa theatrical troupe, summer 1889) points to a different woman of the same common diminutive. Identity should not be assumed to be Mizinova without further corroboration; treated here as a distinct, unresolved person.