person
Misha (household servant)
Misha
also: Мишу, Мишу за вином
A household servant or errand-boy sent out for wine so the Chekhov household could see in the New Year (\S8). Context (a domestic errand, unglossed) does not support identifying him with Chekhov's brother Mikhail ("Misha,"), who is elsewhere named more formally or in family context, not sent on such household errands unremarked. Catalogued as a provisional, distinct identification pending further evidence; not to be conflated with any other "Misha" in this corpus.
Reading notes
- To I. L. Leontyev, 31 December 1888. Moscow. §8 I have sent Misha out for wine -- I want to see in the New Year.
A household servant or errand-boy sent for wine so the household could see in the New Year; the domestic, unremarked errand-running context does not support identifying him with Chekhov's brother Mikhail ("Misha") elsewhere in the corpus. Catalogued as a provisional, distinct entity pending further evidence.