Melikhovo is a special place, especially for literature lovers. I would say this: it's not just an estate, but an entire page in Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's life.

Before Chekhov, the estate had its own history: in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was owned by various landowners (the Naumovs, Chufarovskys, Kuvshinnikovs, and Sergeevs), and the last before the writer was the artist N. P. Sorokhtin. In 1892, Anton Pavlovich purchased the estate. He dreamed of a secluded place in the countryside, a retreat from the bustle of the city. Together with his family (his parents, brother Mikhail, and sister Maria), he brought the neglected estate back into order: repairing the buildings and creating a garden and vegetable patch.

These seven years (1892–1899) became one of the most fruitful periods in the writer's career. In Melikhovo he created more than 40 works, including “The Seagull”, “Uncle Vanya”, “Ward No. 6”, “House with a Mezzanine”, “The Man in a Case”, and “Gooseberries”.