person
Sergei Smagin
also: Сергей Смагин, Сергей
One of the Smagin siblings of Poltava province (near Sorochintsy), whom the Chekhov household visited in June 1888; bolts out to greet the arriving guests at night and trips over a bench (§5). Chekhov singles him out as especially charming among the siblings (§8). Distinct from the unrelated 1890s Melikhovo neighbor (Alexander Ivanovich Smagin) and his household.
Reading notes
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 28 June 1888. Sumy. §4 the Smagins
The Smagin family of Poltava province, near Sorochintsy, visited by the Chekhov household on this trip; the siblings Sergei and Alexander, and their unnamed sister, are introduced individually in §5 and §8. Not the same Smagin family as the Melikhovo neighbor Alexander Ivanovich Smagin of the Chekhovs' later correspondence.
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 28 June 1888. Sumy. §5 Sergei Smagin
One of the two Smagin brothers; bolts from the house and trips over a bench in the dark, greeting the arriving guests. Praised again in §8 as especially charming.
- To I. P. Chekhov, 22 August 1888. Sumy. §3 the Smagins'
The Smagin family of Poltava province, near Sorochintsy, whom the Chekhov household had already visited in June 1888; this second trip, to look at a farmstead for possible purchase, came to nothing -- Chekhov instead bought Melikhovo, near Moscow, in March 1892.
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 27 August 1888. Sumy. §5 the Smagins'
The Smagin family of Poltava province, near Sorochintsy, whom the Chekhov household had already visited in June 1888; this trip, to look at a farmstead for possible purchase near their land, ultimately came to nothing -- Chekhov instead bought Melikhovo, near Moscow, in March 1892.
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 27 August 1888. Sumy. §7 Sergei Smagin
One of the Smagin siblings of Poltava province; here departing to study veterinary medicine at Kharkov chiefly to secure the professional qualification expected of a landowner of his acreage.
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 26 June 1889. Sumy. §4 to the
Smagins in Poltava province
The Smagins, a Poltava-province landowning family and friends of the Chekhovs; this entity anchors the family generally, as the letter does not individuate members by first name here.
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 3 September 1889. Sumy. §6 The Smagins were not at Luka this year
A bare factual note about the Smagin family's absence this summer, in contrast to their prominent role (visits, hospitality) in the Chekhov-Lintvaryov circle's letters from the 1888 Poltava-province trip.