In DND a monument to Chekhov

160th anniversary of the birth of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov the residents of Donbass decided to write the latest history of the region by the installation of a new monument. The sculpture of the writer and Chekhov’s “the Seagull,” now decorates the embankment of the river Kalmius.

the author of the song was made by a local artist and sculptor Ravil Akmaev.

In this article could be a joke on the lack of medical masks on the bronze face of Chekhov (Donetsk currently lives not only in conditions of war and economic blockade, but also forced to put up with quarantine measures, without losing optimism). However, on 22 April it became known about the first victim of coronavirus in the DNI, with 67 cases.

Returning to Anton Pavlovich, note that he was often a guest of the Donetsk region. During Soviet times, the region has a large popular collections of works of Russian writers of the Donbass “Opening of fire”, which was published Chekhov’s stories “Russian coal” and “Pecheneg”.