person
Vinogradov
also: Виноградов
A schoolmaster (director/headmaster) whose "perspicacity" Suvorin had apparently written to Chekhov about; Chekhov jokes bitterly that pedagogues of his stripe ought to be flogged rather than promoted to headmaster, and promises to tell Suvorin more in person. Named only by surname, with no further identifying detail in this letter. Distinct from (a nicknamed acquaintance), (recipient of a naval periodical), family:vinogradovs-suvorin-circle (an unidentified family sending regards), and (an unrelated scholarly editor) -- no shared first name, patronymic, or other detail links this schoolmaster to any of them.
Reading notes
- To A. S. Suvorin, 29 July 1891. Bogimovo. §7 Ah, Vinogradov! Great pedagogues like that ought to be flogged
A schoolmaster (headmaster/director) whose "perspicacity" Suvorin had apparently described to Chekhov in a previous letter, provoking this bitter joke that flogging, not promotion to headmaster, is the fitting reward for pedagogues of his kind -- an example of Chekhov's recurring scorn for officious or incompetent school authorities. Distinct from every other Vinogradov already in the corpus (family:vinogradovs-suvorin-circle); no shared detail links this schoolmaster to any of them, so a new, separate entity is used here rather than a merge.