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Abstract: This review provides a general characteristic of the scholarly philological journal “Two Centuries of Russian Classics” and provides an overview of the content and topics covered in the articles published in the 2026 thematic issue dedicated to the legacy of A. P. Chekhov and its reception. It demonstrates that the issue, which contains 19 articles about Chekhov, is unique not only in terms of its length but also in its integration of relevant articles on related topics into a coherent whole: the works complement each other and are perceived as separate sections of a single study dedicated to a new understanding of Chekhov’s creative work. The review notes that the issue’s structure employs thematic and chronological principles. It analyzes the issue’s composition, scholarly novelty, and the logic of its article composition, including several articles devoted to the poetics of Chekhov’s works, the ambivalence and complexity of the writer’s worldview, and the challenges of various productions of Chekhov’s plays. The authors of other works explore the creative appropriation of Chekhov’s artistic and ideological discoveries and the behavioral characteristics of his characters by his contemporaries and followers. The journal devotes considerable attention to biographical moments reflected in the classic's literary legacy and the writer’s remarkable creative intuition, and notes critical reactions to his works. A number of articles by foreign authors investigate Chekhov’s reception abroad, including in the South Slavic countries, as well as in Iran, Turkey, India, and China.

About the author(s) :

Dmitrii N. Khristenko

Russian State Agrarian University –
Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (Moscow, Russian Federation)

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6221-8991

Publication Timeline:

Date of receipt: 05.04.2026; date of publication: 30.06.2026

References:

Andrić, N., Radojević, J. (2026). A. P. Chekhov: mezhdu pravoslaviem i nigilizmom = A. P. Chekhov: Between orthodoxy and nihilism. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 8–31. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-8-31. EDN VMTIBS.

Arsentieva, N. N. (2026). Usadebnyy mir kak filosofskoe prostranstvo dramy: «Tri sestry» A. P. Chekhova i «Mechty sester-puteshestvennits» Martina Rekuerdy = The world of the estate as a philosophical space of drama: “Three Sisters” by A. P. Chekhov and “Dreams of the Traveling Sisters” by Martín Recuerda. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 292–321. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-292-321. EDN UAYJVU.

Astashchenko, E. V. (2026). «Khudozhestvo» A. P. Chekhova v kontekste prozy rubezha XIX–XX vv. = A. P. Chekhov’s “Art” in the Context of Prose at the Turn of the 19^th and 20^th Centuries. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 190–209. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-190-209. EDN UIZSRP.

Banerjee, R. (2026). Chekhovskaya traditsiya v literature Indii = The Chekhovian tradition in Indian literature. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 334–345. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-334-345. EDN VXHDPV.

Belyaeva, I. A. (2026). «Yesli teper′ ne poymut moego “Ivanova”, to broshu ego v pech′ i napishu povest′ “Dovol′no”»: turgenevskie konteksty ranney dramaturgii A. P. Chekhova = “If they don’t understand my ‘Ivanov’ now, I’ll throw it in the oven and write the story ‘Enough’”: Turgenev’s contexts of Anton Chekhov’s early drama. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 96–109. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-96-109. EDN UOVTTW.

Bogdanova, O. A. (2025). Mezhdunarodnaya nauchnaya konferentsiya «Fenomen Chekhova: Serebryanyy vek mezhdu klassikoy i modernizmom (k 165-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya pisatelya)» = International scientific conference “The Chekhov Phenomenon: The Silver Age between Classics and Modernism (on the 165^th Anniversary of the Writer’s Birth)”. Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Literature and Language Series, 84(6), 124–141. DOI: 10.7868/S2413771525060137. EDN NYSSFJ.

Bushkanets, L. E. (2026). A. P. Chekhov: bytopisatel′ ili fantast? Spory chekhovskikh sovremennikov ob osobennostyakh ego poetiki i nekotorye perspektivy chekhovedeniya = A. P. Chechov: A chronicler of everyday life or the author of fantasy stories? Disputes among Chekhov’s contemporaries about the features of his poetics and some prospects for Chekhov studies. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 54–77. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-54-77. EDN UURINK.

Demkina, S. M. (2026). Maksim Gor′kiy kak epigon A. P. Chekhova i «Teatra nastroeniya» (Vs. Meyerkhol′d) = Maxim Gorky as an epigone of A. P. Chekhov and the “Theater of Mood” (Vsevolod Meyerhold). Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 210–225. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-210-225. EDN ULFNBO.

Domansky, Yu. V. (2026). P′esy A. P. Chekhova v romane Guzeli Yakhinoy «Eyzen»: kak vazhno byvaet to, chto v skobkakh = A. P. Chekhov’s plays in Guzel Yakhina’s novel “Eisen”: On the importance of what’s in parentheses. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 368–377. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-368-377. EDN VZQSWQ.

Dubinina, T. G. (2026). «Papen′ki», «papashi» i ottsy v proze A. P. Chekhova = Dads, papas and fathers in A. P. Chekhov’s prose. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 78–95. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-78-95. EDN UUXSJA.

Gong, Q. (2026). Poetika mobil′nosti i tekuchesti v dramaturgii A. P. Chekhova = The poetics of mobility and fluidity in the dramaturgy of Anton Chekhov. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 174–189. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-174-189. EDN UOGFLO.

Korenkova, T. V. (2026). Fenomen terrorizma v «Rasskaze neizvestnogo cheloveka» i ekho chekhovskoy poetiki v proze L. N. Andreeva i T. L. Shchepkinoy-Kupernik = The phenomenon of terrorism in “The Story of an Unknown Man” and the echo of Chekhovian poetics in the prose of L. N. Andreev and T. L. Shchepkina-Kupernik. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 226–257. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-226-257. EDN THEWPZ.

Koroleva, V. V., Buzina, S. V. (2026). Pereosmyslenie gofmanovskikh traditsiy v rannikh rasskazakh A. P. Chekhova = Reinterpretation of Hoffmann’s traditions in Chekhov’s early short stories. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 110–131. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-110-131. EDN USEJZO.

Muhurcisi, Yu. (2026). Equivalent indicators in the Turkish and English translations of A. P. Chekhov’s “The Shooting Party”. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 258–279. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-258-279. EDN TIBGBP.

Odesskaya, M. M. (2026). Prostranstvennye i mental′nye korrelyaty tyur′my v «Ostrove Sakhalin» i rasskazakh A. P. Chekhova: khudozhestvennyy i dokumental′nyy diskursy = Spatial and mental correlates of prison in A. P. Chekhov’s “Sakhalin Island” and stories: Fictional and documentary discourses. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 132–157. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-132-157. EDN UMGUYL.

Shchukin, V. G. (2026). Glazami khudozhnika na rubezhe vekov. O rasskaze A. P. Chekhova «Dom s mezoninom» = Through the eyes of an artist at the turn of the centuries. About Anton Chekhov’s story “The House with a Mezzanine”. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 32–53. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-32-53. EDN VFLEJZ.

Smirnova, N. N. (2026). Chekhovskoe «perestal chitat′ stikhi ili romany» i «krizis voobrazheniya» = Chekhov’s “Stopped Reading Poetry or Novels” and “Crisis of Imagination”. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 280–291. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-280-291. EDN TNJWNV.

Toichkina, A. V. (2026). «Syuzhet prozreniya» v tvorchestve Chekhova (zametki k teme «F. M. Dostoevskiy i A. P. Chekhov») = The “Epiphany plot” in Chekhov’s work (notes on the topic “Dostoevsky and Chekhov”). Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 158–173. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-158-173. EDN UNWQYB.

Vojvodić, J. (2026). Novyy Chekhov v Zagrebe («P′esa bez nazvaniya» 2025 g. v Zagrebskom teatre molodezhi) = A new Chekhov in Zagreb (“A Play Without a Title” 2025 at the Zagreb Youth Theatre). Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 346–367. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-346-367. EDN VYGKSW.

Yahyapour, M., Karimi-Motahhar, J. (2026). «Vishnevy sad» A. P. Chekhova eshche tsvetet v Irane = Chekhov’s “Cherry Orchard” still blooms in Iran. Two Centuries of the Russian Classics, 8(1), 322–333. DOI: 10.22455/2686-7494-2026-8-1-322-333. EDN UEEDJP.