Russia is an old sick lady. Doctor's Notes

"I have no doubt that my studies in medical sciences had a serious influence on my literary activity," said A.P. Chekhov. Indeed, many of his works can be considered a kind of diagnosis of contemporary Russia. He wrote about the "boring, dull and vulgar" existence of Russian inhabitants, touching on the reasons why Russia as a whole was like an old sick lady. "In an Asian country where there is no...