Dmitry Medvedev visited the house of Chekhov in Taganrog. City Notes

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Taganrog on the anniversary of Chekhov. January 29 the great Russian writer Anton Chekhov will be 150 years birthday.

head of state laid a wreath at the monument to the great writer and playwright, and was in Chekhov's Cottage.

Here he talked to taganrozhtsami. Pupils and students, recreating the atmosphere of Chekhov in Taganrog, dressed in stylized as the 19 th century clothing, and residents of the city, despite the snow and frost, came with sprigs of flowering cherry trees. They are very fond of Chekhov. According to Dmitry Medvedev, it seems that Chekhov's spirit in this city has remained until now.

the eve of the jubilee celebrations in Taganrog, a monument was unveiled one of Chekhov's characters - a man in the box. 500-pound bronze statue of a full-length set in front of the gymnasium, which had once attended a writer. This sculpture in the city was already the third, set up by the stories of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.