person
Vladimir Fyodorovich Snegiryov
Snegiryov
also: Снегирев, Snegirev
Vladimir Fyodorovich Snegiryov (1847-1916), a real Moscow University professor of gynecology and a founding figure of Russian operative gynecology, cited by Chekhov as the famous authority who speaks of "the Russian woman" with a tremor in his voice -- Chekhov's factual anchor in his rebuttal to Shavrova's claim that gynecologists are cynics.
Reading notes
- To Ye. M. Shavrova, 16 September 1891. Moscow. §3 Snegiryov
Vladimir Fyodorovich Snegiryov (1847-1916), the real-life Moscow University professor of gynecology and a founder of Russian operative gynecology, cited here by name as Chekhov's example of the eminent, idealistic gynecologist -- the profession Shavrova's manuscript had cast as cynical. Naming an actual, prominent authority in the field lends Chekhov's rebuttal a factual anchor amid the parable and general argument.