Chekhov Library in

Taganrog Taganrog (, ) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don (river), Don River. It is in the Black Sea region. Population: Located at the site of a ...

(full name ''The Central Municipal Public Library named after Anton Chekhov'', ) is the oldest library in the South of Russia.

Foundation history

The public library along with a small bookstore were officially inaugurated on 23 May 1876 by the

Governor of Taganrog The Governor of Taganrog () was the head of the Taganrog ''borough'' or ''governorate'' (incorporated municipality with privileges given by royal charter), between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887. Taganrog was also the center of uezd (including ...

Admiral

Johan Hampus Furuhjelm Johan Hampus Furuhjelm, (; 11 March 1821 – 21 September 1909) was a Russian Finnish vice-admiral and explorer, commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet, Governor of the Russian Far East, Taganrog and Russian America. Early years Johan Hampus ...

. In March 1878 the Public Library moved into another building granted by the City Council on Petrovskaya Street.

School years of Anton Chekhov

Among the first subscribers were the writer

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

, historian Pavel Filevsky,

Vladimir Bogoraz Vladimir Germanovich Bogoraz (), born Natan Mendelevich Bogoraz () and used the literary pseudonym N. A. Tan (; – May 10, 1936), was a Russian revolutionary, writer and anthropologist, especially known for his studies of the Chukchi people in ...

, artists Seraphima Blonskaya and Dmitri Sinodi-Popov.

Books from Chekhov the writer

In 1890 mayor of Taganrog Konstantin Foti asked Chekhov to send his books with author's dedications to the Taganrog Public Library.

The Chekhov Library and Museum

In 1904, following Chekhov's death, the library was named after the playwright and short-story writer. The music department of the library is located at the historical Tchaikovsky House in Taganrog.

Gallery

Image:Taganrog cityhall19th.jpg, The old City Hall, home to the City Public Library in 1876–1877, photo taken in 2006. Image:Taganrog Library1900.jpg, Taganrog public library, between 1878 and 1910. Image:Schechtel Libraryproject.jpg, The project of the Chekhov Library & Museum in Taganrog designed by the architect Fyodor Schechtel (1911) Image:Chekhov library20.jpg, Chekhov Library & Museum on an old postcard (photo taken between 1911 and 1917). File:Chekhov Library 2008.jpg, The Chekhov Library until 2008. File:2010 Tchaikovsky House Taganrog.jpg, Tchaikovsky House in Taganrog used as Foreign & Music Dept. of Chekhov Library. Photographed in 2010.

References

* Filevskii, Pavel (1898) ''Istoriya goroda Taganroga''. Moskva: Tipo-lit. K. F. Aleksandrova * ''Encyclopedia of Taganrog'', second edition, Taganrog, 2003. * The official Chekhov Public Library web site.

External links

Official homepage
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