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I read this exchange. I think you are wrong when stating that "The fact checkow called himself 'maloross' in certain contexts ("Little Russian") does not mean he was Ukrainian. Little Russia is a geographical concept inhabited by Ukrainians, Russians, Ukrainian Cossacks, Russian Cossacks, Serbs, Germans, and who else not. It did have a distinct "South Russian" cultural identity, and that's what Chechow had in mind, not his ethnicity."

In Chekhov's times in Russian empire, "maloross" meant Ukrainian. You can check with any unbiased Russian to confirm. When people were saying that they are "maloross" they meant Ukrainian, not that they are Germans with a distinct "South Russian" cultural identity or "who else not". By the same token, if I would say that I am Canadian, you would respond with "no. you actually do not mean that. you mean that you possess a distinct Canadian cultural identity, not the ethnicity." Most of the time you would be plain wrong because Canadian actually means Canadian.

Just wonder if Chekhov has ever called himself Russian. Also wonder why those occasions are not dismissed with the statement "oh. he was joking. that is not what he had in mind." 2600:1700:25E0:9870:C579:6A35:1B82:920E (talk) 05:48, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Chekhov knew Ukrainian and one of his friends — Maria Zankovetska was trying to convince him to publish his writings in Ukrainian language instead of Russian. Chekhov preferred to publish in Russian because he was dreaming of an actual career as a writer. Publishing in Ukrainian would make that few magnitudes harder as Ukrainian identity and language were suppressed by Russian Imperial regime for over a century already at the time. Mr Fantastic Knowledge (talk) 17:31, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

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He was Ukrainian by ethnicity BTW

Just saying in case anyone is interested. Mr Fantastic Knowledge (talk) 16:45, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

In case anyone is interested, the claim above this reply isn't supported by reliable sources making it an original research. Summer ^talk 22:01, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Чехов як українець. Archived 2018-08-14 at the Wayback Machine

• [1] В листі до Д. В. Григоровича Чехов згадує про своє українське походження: «Правда, в моих жилах течет ленивая хохлацкая кровь»
• [2] В листі до Л. А. Сулержицького Чехов відносить себе до «хохлів»: «Очень рад, что Вы стали Думать иначе о нас, хохлах»
• [3] В листі до Августина Врзала Чехов дає короткі автобіографічні данні, згадуючи, що: «Дед мой был малоросс, крепостной; до освобождения крестьян»
• [4] У своєму листі до О. С. Суворина Чехов підкреслює свою любов до криниць-журавлів та побілених хат, пояснюючи це своєю «хохлацкой кровью»
• [5]У листі до Суворина Чехов пише про свою «хохлацкую логику»

188.163.104.39 (talk) 14:11, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

This already appears on the page in section "Childhood". Perhaps something could be added, but one would need a couple of strong secondary RS to place this to proper context. My very best wishes (talk) 15:58, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

1. He was not an ethnic Ukrainian, all of his ancestors on his mother's side were Russian, on his father's side, only his grandmother was Ukrainian.

2. A quote from the article in your link: "Ukraine is dear and close to my heart. I love its literature, music and beautiful song, full of magical melody. I love the Ukrainian people, who gave the world such a titan as Taras Shevchenko",

- this is a fake quote that first appeared in 1941 in the newspaper "Soviet Ukraine" in an article by A. Shemetov. The original of this letter has not been found.

http://chehov-lit.ru/chehov/letters/1901-1902/letter-3547.htm - this is the only letter from Chekhov to Krymsky.

He also could not say that he had "Ukrainian blood", in his texts the word Ukrainian was almost never encountered, mostly either "khokhol" or "maloros".

3. The fact that he jokingly calls himself "khokhol" in his letters, referring to his laziness - does not mean that he considered himself Ukrainian. If you draw conclusions from his letters, then there is also his letter where he criticizes a Ukrainian writer, and unflatteringly speaks about "khokhls". http://chehov-lit.ru/chehov/letters/1892-1894/letter-1365.htm. There are also his letters in which he misses Russia http://chehov-lit.ru/chehov/letters/1904/letter-4459.htm. He writes "our Russian life is much more talented"

http://chehov-lit.ru/chehov/letters/1900-1901/letter-3006.htm

He also worked to have a monument to Peter the Great erected in his hometown of Taganrog - http://chehov-lit.ru/chehov/letters/1897-1898/letter-2292.htm

Obviously, he was patriotically inclined towards Russia. He was Russian, wrote in Russian and about Russians. Krist krist krist (talk) 09:31, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Mix of explanatory footnotes & ref footnotes is very messy; I plan to fix as per WP:CITEVAR

I found a very awkward & unworkable mix of explanatory footnotes treated as ref tags & what is essentially parenthetical referencing without the parentheses mixed in. The latter should really be shortened footnotes, but you cannot put {{sfn}} wishing ref tags. However, you can put {{sfn}} with the explanatory footnote template, {{sfn}}.

I am going to convert the ref tags that are really explanatory footnotes to {{efn}} & {{notelist}} as per WP:CITEVAR:

• imposing one style on an article with inconsistent citation styles (e.g., some of the citations in footnotes and others as parenthetical references): an improvement because it makes the citations easier to understand and edit;
• fixing errors in citation coding, including incorrectly used template parameters, and <ref> markup problems: an improvement because it helps the citations to be parsed correctly;

Peaceray (talk) 05:09, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Just saw {{sfnm}} which should handle quotes. Peaceray (talk) 20:07, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

A revert

This edit [6]:

1. is not a proper summary of the body of the page (see section Anton_Chekhov#Legacy);
2. is supported by a single ref to an opinion by Daniel Burt (author), but it is included without an explicit attribution and as a statement of fact in WP voice
3. is an unnecessary duplication of content in next phrases of the lead explaining why he was a great writer.

I have reverted your recent edit per WP:BRD. Please self-revert and get WP:CONSENSUS for including this new claim to the lead. Thanks. My very best wishes (talk) 17:17, 17 May 2024 (UTC)