person
Tyshko
also: Тышко
An acquaintance who managed to visit Babkino once the river crossing improved, cited by Chekhov as proof the road had become passable.
Reading notes
- To F. O. Shekhtel, 14 April 1886. Moscow. §18 bathing in heliotrope
Heliotrope was a popular, strongly floral-vanilla perfume of the period, sold commercially by Russian manufacturers such as Brocard (hence Chekhov's word "брокарный," here rendered as "perfumer's"); Chekhov's joke is that Tyshko had applied so much of it that his visit left the room reeking and gave everyone a headache.
- To M. V. Kiseleva, 20 July 1891. Bogimovo. §4 à la E. I. Tyshko
An acquaintance from the Babkino years (first appearing) here invoked as a byword for confirmed-bachelor domestic habits -- brewing one's own coffee, living alone -- rather than referenced for any specific incident.