Word: taganrog
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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Chekhov's father kept a grocery shop in Taganrog, a sleepy little town on the Sea of Azov. Chekhov went to work in the shop when he was eight, and hated...
...disguises, once got himself up like a ragamuffin and fooled his uncle into giving him three kopeks. His teachers were fond of him, but none of them thought him exceptional. When he was 16 his father failed in business, packed his family off to Moscow. Chekhov stayed behind in Taganrog to finish school. When he joined his family three years later, he found them in worse straits than ever. Thereafter, though he had two older brothers, it was Chekhov who was the family breadwinner...