person
Shurka (son of Alexander Chekhov)
Shurka
also: Шурка
The young son of Alexander Chekhov and Anna Ivanovna Khrushchova-Sokolnikova, affectionately teased by his uncle Anton in the family letters of the early 1880s.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 25 January 1883. Moscow. §10 Shurka
The young son of Alexander Chekhov and Anna Ivanovna, nicknamed Shurka; Anton's mock-serious advice to send the small boy off to catch goldfinches is characteristic uncle's teasing.