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						"The girl in blue". A picture by N.P. 
						Chekhov, 1881. This picture is in State museum in 
						Melihovo State literary-memorial Chekhov's museum-reserve (Melihovo)
				
				 Telephon 
				: +7 (499) 390-94-74 
Address : 142326 Moscow, Chehovsky district, the village 
				Melihovo, Chekhov's Museum  
Travel : From the Kursk station to Chekhov station by 
				electric train "Chekhov" "Tula" or "Serpuhov ", then by bus 
				or taxi routing No. 25 "Nerastannoe" to the Melihovo. 
Hours : daily from 10.00 to 17.30, except Monday and the last 
				Friday of each month. 
Web-site: melihovo.ru 
E-mail : melikhovo@mail.ru  
Observances and annual events :  
				18 May - International Day of Museums  
				29
				January - Chekhov's birthday  
				15 July - Day of Remembrance of Chehov  
				23
				May -Day of the museum's foundation 
				29
				October - The museum's opening date  
Melihovo is one of the greatest monuments of Russian culture. Here 
				from 1892 to 1899 lived and worked great Russian writer 
				Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Museum carefully preserves the memory 
				about Chekhov, doctor, public figure. You will found out how 
				looks Melihovo what did Anton Pavlovich during his being in 
				Melihovo. You will visit rooms where Chekhov lived, walk through 
				alleys, which recall Chekhov's steps, dive into a world of a 
				great man and a great writer.  
				 Melihovo drew opportunity to delve into the spiritual 
				of Chekhov's time. Collection of the Museum in Melihovo has more than 
				20,000 exhibits. Museum's funds offers a wealth collection of 
				paintings, works of I. Levitin, V. Polenov, I. Braza. The most 
				interesting section - paintings by Chekhov's family. The 
				collection of photos, stored in the house, keeps the history of 
				that house, shows the portraits of the people close to the writer 
				in his literary, theatrical and social activities. Actors, 
				directors, playwrights come here to see the facility where was 
				written "The Seagull". There are constantly concerts, 
				theatre and music festivals, children's events, Christmas trees, 
				theatrical tours for children, in Melihovo. 
 
				The building (s) :  
				Individual fixtures of late 19th century  
Founder : Avdeev Yuri Konstantinovich (1918-1987)  
Major tours :  
				Life and art of Chekhov in Melihovo  
Key officials :  
				Director : Konstantin V. Bobkov, tel. 546-5396  
				Deputy Director : Bychkov Yuriy Aleksandrovich  
				Chief Conservator of : Chaykovskaya Ksenia Abramovna  
				Scientific Secretary : Razumovskaya Tatiana Nikolaevna  
 
				Telephone Management : 
				
				  
				+7 (499) 390-94-74 
Address Management :  
				142,326, Moscow region, Chehovsky district, the village Melihovo, 
				GLMMZ AP Chehova  
Lawful Form :
				a non-profit institution  
Type of organization : Cultural  
Classification of organization :
				Literary, Museum, or Personal Memorial  
Area of organizations :  
				exhibition area is 716m2 
				depository 168m2  
 
				Number of employees : 121, including 60 scientific  
The average number of visitors per year : 58600  
A higher authority :
				The Ministry of Culture of Moscow Region  
The partners :  
				Museum of K. S. Stanislavsky  
				Museum of the Moscow Art Academic Theatre (Theatre Museum)  
				Museum-apartment of V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko  
Sponsors, patrons of art and funding : 
				  
				Endowment Fund V.I. Potanin  
				Confectionery "Mechta"  
				Maliy Theatre of Russia  
The most valuable collections (unique) :  
				The documentary Fund (photographs, manuscripts, books) 14201 
				exhibits.
				 
				Subjects of ethnography 1.863 exhibits 
				Icons Fund (paintings, drawings, sculptures)  
Major exhibition projects :  
				"Museum's treasures of Moscow's region ,1996  
				"Golden crown suburban Moscow" Moscow's Kremlin ,1996-2000.  
				"Chekhov and his time," Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Germany 
				1998-2000.  
				"Chekhov-route to modernity" Germany, Munich 2005.  
Field and exchange exhibition :  
				Serving the common good  
				Chekhov during his being in Melihovo is a doctor, a school 
				builder, social figure. Here is the
				origins of his art. 42 
				works were written in Melihovo, reflecting the life of this 
				period.
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