person

I. I. Loboda

Loboda

also: И. И. Лобода

A person of ordinary physical stature whom Chekhov invokes, half-jokingly, as a yardstick against which even "great" tsars are bodily no taller, in his riff on honorific titles.

Reading notes

To M. Ye. Chekhov, 18 January 1887. Moscow. §11 though in bodily stature they are no taller than I. I. Loboda
I. I. Loboda, otherwise unidentified, invoked purely as an example of an unremarkable, ordinary-statured man -- the joke being that grand honorifics like "the Great" describe merit, not literal physical height.

Mentioned in 5 works (8 mentions)

To N. P. and I. P. Chekhov, 28 April 1880. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§13 Loboda

To M. Ye. Chekhov, 18 January 1887. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§11 I. I. Loboda

To the Chekhovs, 7 April 1887. Taganrog. letter · 4 mentions

§18 Loboda
§23 I. I. Loboda
§30 Loboda
§31 Loboda

To the Chekhovs, 19 April 1887. Taganrog. letter · 1 mention

§12 Loboda

To G. M. Chekhov, 17 October 1887. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§7 Loboda