Uncle Vanya Log Book
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Uncle Vanya was published and is set towards the end of the reign of the Russian Empire (1897). Subjects of the Russian Empire were segregated social estates (classes) such as nobility, clergy, merchants, cossacks and peasants. Native people of the Caucasus, non-ethnic Russian areas such as Tartarstan, Bashkirstan, Siberia and Central Asia were officially registered as a category called inorodtsy (literally meaning "people of another origin"). A majority of the people (81.6%) belonged to the peasant order, the others were: nobility, 0.6%; clergy, 0.1%; the burghers and merchants, 9.3%; and military, 6.1%. More than 88 million of the Russians were peasants. A part of them were formerly serfs (10,447,149 males in 1858) – the remainder being "state peasants" (9,194,891 males in 1858, exclusive of the Archangel Governorate) and "domain peasants" (842,740 males the same year). Statistics taken from Wikipedia.
Chekhov during the time he wrote ‘Uncle Vanya’
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the small seaport of Taganrog, Ukraine (Russian Empire) on January 17th in the year 1860.
Chekhov attended a school for Greek boys in his hometown from 1867-1868 and later he attended the local grammar school from 1868-1876 when his father went bankrupt and moved the family to Moscow. Chekhov, only 16 at the time, decided to remain in his hometown and supported himself by tutoring as he continued his schooling for 3 more years. After he finished grammar school Chekhov enrolled in the Moscow University Medical School, where he would eventually become a doctor. QUOTE - Chekhov 's medical and science experience is evident in much of his work as evidenced by the apathy many of his characters show towards tragic events. - UNQUOTE Chekhov now assumed responsibility for the whole family.
To support them and to pay his tuition fees, he wrote daily short, humorous sketches of contemporary Russian life. He gradually earned himself a valid reputation, and
Uncle Vanya was published and is set towards the end of the reign of the Russian Empire (1897). Subjects of the Russian Empire were segregated social estates (classes) such as nobility, clergy, merchants, cossacks and peasants. Native people of the Caucasus, non-ethnic Russian areas such as Tartarstan, Bashkirstan, Siberia and Central Asia were officially registered as a category called inorodtsy (literally meaning "people of another origin"). A majority of the people (81.6%) belonged to the peasant order, the others were: nobility, 0.6%; clergy, 0.1%; the burghers and merchants, 9.3%; and military, 6.1%. More than 88 million of the Russians were peasants. A part of them were formerly serfs (10,447,149 males in 1858) – the remainder being "state peasants" (9,194,891 males in 1858, exclusive of the Archangel Governorate) and "domain peasants" (842,740 males the same year). Statistics taken from Wikipedia.
Chekhov during the time he wrote ‘Uncle Vanya’
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the small seaport of Taganrog, Ukraine (Russian Empire) on January 17th in the year 1860.
Chekhov attended a school for Greek boys in his hometown from 1867-1868 and later he attended the local grammar school from 1868-1876 when his father went bankrupt and moved the family to Moscow. Chekhov, only 16 at the time, decided to remain in his hometown and supported himself by tutoring as he continued his schooling for 3 more years. After he finished grammar school Chekhov enrolled in the Moscow University Medical School, where he would eventually become a doctor. QUOTE - Chekhov 's medical and science experience is evident in much of his work as evidenced by the apathy many of his characters show towards tragic events. - UNQUOTE Chekhov now assumed responsibility for the whole family.
To support them and to pay his tuition fees, he wrote daily short, humorous sketches of contemporary Russian life. He gradually earned himself a valid reputation, and
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